Opinion Today
March 19, 2022
Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’
David Leonhardt, New York Times [via opiniontoday.com]
The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic’s only political divide. Each partisan tribe has also had its internal disagreements. The key dividing line appears to be ideology.
America Has a Free Speech Problem
Editorial Board, New York Times [via opiniontoday.com]
In a new national poll commissioned by Times Opinion and Siena College, only 34 percent of Americans said they believed that all Americans enjoyed freedom of speech completely. The poll found that 84 percent of adults said it is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem that some Americans do not speak freely in everyday situations because of fear of retaliation or harsh criticism.
The complicated — but obvious — factors behind changing norms on speech
Philip Bump, Washington Post
America has an "America has a free speech problem" problem.
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