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Originally Posted by sputinc7
The younger generation is less knowledgeable about what is termed a "slippery slope" Than more mature ones are. Many of us have seen how things go.... Once you let the govt. begin censoring anything it usually ends badly.
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The question arises whether these demographics also depict people's opinions of censorship by private industry such as Universities and Internet Forums. Of course, the First Amendment does not prohibit censorship in private industry. That is not an issue. But, I find it hard to believe that many of the people who advocate freedom of speech by government would also advocate censorship in private industry, i.e., it seems too hypocritical.
I looked for censorship demographics in private industry an found this:
Users Strongly Reject Censorship on Facebook, Twitter - Rasmussen ReportsŪ
With contradictory evidence, "Regular users of those sites, especially those under the age of 40, strongly disagree with any attempts to close down free speech."
From
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...speech/542028/
"On the whole, Americans were averse to firing people from their jobs for holding an offensive belief."
From
Americans See Free Speech on Campuses as a Thing of the Past - Rasmussen ReportsŪ
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 44% of American Adults think there is less freedom of speech on U.S. college campuses today than there has been in the past."
An obvious question to (apparently only) me is, "Would you support a federal law that limited censorship by private industry?" But, I can't find a poll of such a question anywhere. If you fall in the orange group of the aforementioned graphs, of course, you disapprove of such a law. There is no need to ask you. But, if you fall in the green group, would you? Personally, I think that such a law would be good for America because it would extend the First Amendment principles that made America better than other countries.