Speech Survey

Some people don't like free speech:

Reason.com reports that "Fifty-three percent of respondents agreed with the statement 'The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees' to at least some degree, with 28 percent reporting that it 'mostly' or 'completely describes their thoughts." The partisan divide on this question was stark. "Over 60 percent of Democrats thought the First Amendment could go too far, compared to 52 percent of Republicans." What do you suppose people mean by "too far"? "Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," Sean Stevens, FIRE's chief research adviser, said on Thursday. "Many of them reject the right to assemble, to have a free press, and to petition the government. This is a dictator's fantasy."

The Left is licking its chops...