The Looming Land Of The Not-So-Free: 40% Of Millennials Would Censor Offensive Speech
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
11/25/2015
America: Land of the free and future home of censorship?
A new study by Pew Research shows that American Millennials are far more likely to support the government banning offensive speech about minority groups than other generations.
Of those aged 18-34, 40 percent support censoring offensive speech.
“We asked whether people believe that citizens should be able to make public statements that are offensive to minority groups, or whether the government should be able to prevent people from saying these things. Four-in-ten Millennials say the government should be able to prevent people publicly making statements that are offensive to minority groups.”
There’s also a difference in education levels and support for limiting speech.
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