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When eX-Twitter banned Donald Trump from the platform in 2021 for inciting violence, Trump was absolutely furious and decried anyone blocking free speech. Now he is working hard to silence everyone critical of him, even comedians. Funny how his attitude toward censorship depends on whether he is the victim or the censor.
Most Americans, however, do not like censorship and support the right to free speech even for people they disagree with. A new The Economist/YouGov poll shows this clearly, with 68% of Americans saying it is unacceptable for the government to pressure broadcasters to remove shows government officials don't like. Here are the poll results:
As you can see, only 13% of U.S. adults say that censorship is fine. Among independents, the anti-censorship group is almost as big as among Democrats. Republicans are more ambivalent, but only because their guy is doing the censoring now. We can guarantee you that if Joe Biden had threatened to yank the broadcast licenses from Nexstar or Sinclair, those same people would be up in arms screaming their heads off. Nevertheless, even among Republicans, more people oppose censorship than support it. (V)