Free speech? Whatever.

Monday, 31 January 2005, 23:01

Yikes!

The AP reports:

… when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes “too far” in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories.

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The students are even more restrictive in their views than their elders, the study says.

When asked whether people should be allowed to express unpopular views, 97 percent of teachers and 99 percent of school principals said yes. Only 83 percent of students did.

(Via Dead Parrot Society.)

Update: Crooked Timber has more.

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Free speech? Whatever.

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