Who thinks removing Confederate icons violates free speech?

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By Nathan Carrington1ORCID logo, Logan R Strother2ORCID logo

1. Syracuse University 2. Purdue University

The belief that removing Confederate icons from public spaces violates free expression rights occasionally makes its way into the national discourse. We collected data to ascertain who makes this argument and why.

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Version 1.0 - published on 21 Jul 2021 doi:10.4231/8PGW-MH24 - cite this Archived on 22 Aug 2021

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The belief that removing Confederate icons from public spaces violates free expression rights occasionally makes its way into the national discourse. Because rights-based claims represent ostensibly race-neutral justification for supporting Confederate symbols, we field an original, nationally representative survey to ascertain how pervasive this belief is among the general public, as well as what motivates it. We find that while this is a decidedly minority position, this view is strongly correlated with racial attitudes. 

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  4. public opinion
  5. Race
  6. Survey
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