Freedom Forum First Amendment Survey

phutureboy writes "The Freedom Forum survey mentioned in this Wired News story scares the crap out of me, and has shocked me into wanting to do something about it. What can the average Joe like myself do to help protect the First Amendment?" A good question...

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Teaching the 1st amendment

[jflynn]

As I recall the dim days of highschool it occurs to me that we were taught the first amendment in an overpoweringly political context. While this is undoubtedly the area of most concern, perhaps more attention should be paid to it's role in protecting unpopular speech.

There is a real disconnect here between the poll results for the first amendment vs. the poll results about suppression of porn, vulgar language, and violence. Either Americans know what they're saying and think we need to regulate the internet like TV, or they don't fully understand the first amendment. I'm really hoping it's the latter.