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Poll: Majority of Americans Want First Amendment Rewritten
Washington Free Beacon ^ | October 24, 2019 | Collin Anderson

Posted on 10/24/2019 6:28:36 AM PDT by C19fan

A majority of Americans believe the First Amendment should be rewritten and are willing to crack down on free speech, as well as the press, according to a new poll.

More than 60 percent of Americans agree on restricting speech in some way, while a slim majority, 51 percent, want to see the First Amendment rewritten to "reflect the cultural norms of today." The Campaign for Free Speech, which conducted the survey, said the results "indicate free speech is under more threat than previously believed."

"The findings are frankly extraordinary," executive director Bob Lystad told the Washington Free Beacon. "Our free speech rights and our free press rights have evolved well over 200 years, and people now seem to be rethinking them."

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: liberalfascism; speech
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To: C19fan
😱 Hoping this is fake news.
41 posted on 10/24/2019 7:55:09 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: C19fan

Trolls and Polls

Some things never change, taking a well known and always knocked down methodology and posting it as something of value to stir up comments and send people to worthless destination sites that want hits like prostitutes want customers

Nope


42 posted on 10/24/2019 8:05:52 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: treetopsandroofs

This poll is HATE SPEECH!


43 posted on 10/24/2019 8:18:25 AM PDT by Colinsky
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To: C19fan

Poll: Majority of Americans Want First Amendment Rewritten,
FOR THE MEDIA only facts to ensue


44 posted on 10/24/2019 8:23:24 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: C19fan

No way!


45 posted on 10/24/2019 8:24:38 AM PDT by Lopeover (Patriots Fight)
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To: grumpygresh
The only cure for bad free speech or hate speech is more free speech. That and defamation lawsuits for false accusations.

You don't have to look very hard to find plenty of people on this forum calling for journalists to be strung up from lampposts.

46 posted on 10/24/2019 8:27:57 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: C19fan

The Left would love to eliminate elections, free speech and due process.

Its already happening informally. Welcome to the late, great United States.


47 posted on 10/24/2019 8:32:05 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: BobL
I agree with the majority in that we need to stop PROTECTING the media with the First Amendment. The media is ABUSING that right and it’s best to just end it and let them be held accountable.

The First Amendment isn't at fault for protecting fake news. It was the Supreme Court that allowed the media to slander people with fake news.

48 posted on 10/24/2019 9:19:00 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: C19fan
Did they ask these questions?

  1. Do you think the government should arrest someone for what they say?
  2. Do you think the government should arrest someone for what they write?
  3. Do you think the government should arrest someone for how they worship?
  4. Do you think the government should arrest someone for being seen with someone else?
  5. Do you think the government should arrest someone for challenging something the government did?
Let's see the results of that poll.

-PJ

49 posted on 10/24/2019 9:25:26 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: bramps

It won’t be long


50 posted on 10/24/2019 9:26:48 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: C19fan

No way. They are asking for totalitarianism.


51 posted on 10/24/2019 9:55:05 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: C19fan

All they have to do is amend the Constitution.


52 posted on 10/24/2019 12:33:38 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: aimhigh

“The First Amendment isn’t at fault for protecting fake news. It was the Supreme Court that allowed the media to slander people with fake news.”

Yes and no. It’s true that this crap was fueled by that Supreme Court ruling...but where did they get their rationale from?


53 posted on 10/24/2019 2:53:55 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't te Don'tll anyone.)
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