[{"_1":2,"_31":-5,"_32":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4},"routes/__layout/tag.$name",{"_5":6,"_7":8},"tagName","first amendment","posts",[9],{"_10":11,"_12":13,"_14":15,"_16":17,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":23,"_24":25,"_26":-5,"_27":28,"_29":30},"id",954,"title","I find it difficult to express how disturbed I am at the contents of this article from the...","excerpt","Surveys show nearly half of Americans want to gut the First Amendment in the name of national security. Freedom of speech, press, religion, academic freedom -- all apparently negotiable. Honestly, people who'd so eagerly surrender these rights deserve exactly what they're asking for.","body","I find it difficult to express how disturbed I am at the contents of this article from the Sacramento Bee, about the results of a recent survey into American attitudes towards the First Amendment. The article is full of frightening statistics, including:
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49% of Americans think the first Amendment goes \"too far\" (\"Many Americans view these fundamental freedoms as possible obstacles in the war on terrorism\")\r\n
48% agree the government should be able to \"infringe upon religious freedoms\" in order to monitor religious groups in the interest of national security\r\n
4 in 10 favor restrictions on the academic freedom of professors to criticize government military policy during war\r\n
7 in 10 believe newspapers should be able to publish freely (30% of Americans are against freedom of the press???)\r\n

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