A poll of 4,015 people conducted by Populus for the Fear and HOPE 2016 report found that only 54% agreed people should be "allowed" to say what they believe about religion. 46% said there "some things" that you should "not be able to say about religion".
Those who were considered to be "mainstream liberals" were the most likely of all groups to support restrictions on free speech. 58% of this group agreed that "if necessary" people "should be prosecuted" for saying certain things about religion.
Bizarrely, despite the poll results suggesting a majority of liberals believe Islam should be immune from vociferous criticism, 59% of respondents also believe that “Islam poses a serious threat to Western civilisation”.
So once again we are seeing how people who call themselves liberals are going in the opposite direction of what liberalism is. Why do these people keep calling themselves liberals is something I don't understand. Do you think that people should not be allowed to say what they believe about religion?
Those who were considered to be "mainstream liberals" were the most likely of all groups to support restrictions on free speech. 58% of this group agreed that "if necessary" people "should be prosecuted" for saying certain things about religion.
Bizarrely, despite the poll results suggesting a majority of liberals believe Islam should be immune from vociferous criticism, 59% of respondents also believe that “Islam poses a serious threat to Western civilisation”.
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So once again we are seeing how people who call themselves liberals are going in the opposite direction of what liberalism is. Why do these people keep calling themselves liberals is something I don't understand. Do you think that people should not be allowed to say what they believe about religion?
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