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  1. Mar 18, 2022 · Pollsters asked how free people felt today to discuss six topics — including religion, politics, gender identity and race relations — compared to 10 years ago: more free, less free or the...

  2. Mar 26, 2022 · Rather, freedom of speech has always been the right to speak your mind without fear of reprisals from your government — i.e., imprisonment, torture or death, as is the case in countries such...

  3. Dec 15, 2023 · For much of the 20th century, free speech was a rallying cry for the left, a way of sticking up for Communists, anarchists, pacifists and student activists. In recent years, though, this hasn’t...

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  4. Aug 14, 2024 · A February 2022 national poll commissioned by The New York Times and Siena College found that 30% of Americans believed that “sometimes you have to shut down speech that is...

  5. Mar 21, 2022 · Eighty-four percent of Americans say that some Americans not exercising their freedom of speech in everyday situations due to fear of retaliation or harsh criticism is either a very (40%) or somewhat (44%) serious problem, according to a new national New York Times Opinion/Siena College Poll.

  6. Apr 4, 2022 · New polling from Times Opinion and Siena College shows that 84 percent of adults said it is a "very serious" or "somewhat serious" problem that some Americans don't "speak freely" because...

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  8. Mar 23, 2022 · Last week, The New York Times published an editorial, “ America Has a Free Speech Problem,” that fleshed out an argument that “cancel culture” poses a threat to pluralism and deliberative...

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