do 42% of respondents to a recent survey disagree with the proposition that “People should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to religious groups,” and 54% disagree with the proposition that “People should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to racial groups”?
In 1997, by the way, the numbers who likewise concluded that people shouldn’t be allowed to say things that might be offensive to religious or racial groups were 53% and 75%, respectively. Note that the question wasn’t phrased to cover only speech that is aimed at producing violence, discrimination, hatred, or even hostility, but rather to generally cover public speech “that might be offensive” to certain groups.
But wait, there’s more: In that country, 38% of respondents agreed with the statement that “The government should be allowed to require broadcasters to report a specified amount of ‘positive’ news …,” and 62% stated agreed that “The government should be allowed to require newspapers to offer an equal allotment of time to … commentators” of opposite ideology. I’m glad that here in the U.S., we have the First Amendment, and the Supreme Court has generally read it in a way that means such restrictions can’t be imposed here.
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