To see Washington politicians and political hacks behaving badly, demanding the power to roll over the rights of those with whom they disagree, is not nearly as frightening — because it’s now so mundane — as to witness that insiders’ itch also infecting the grassroots of the body politic like a viral contagion.
Specifically alarming? A new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey of voters finds a plurality of self-identified Democrats (48 percent) support slapping fines and imposing prison sentences on Americans “who publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines.”
No joke, as President Biden would say . . . but I’m telling the truth.
Here’s the precise question asked: “Would you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal for federal or state governments to fine or imprison individuals who publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines on social media, television, radio, or in online or digital publications?”
Thankfully, the overall numbers less portend a totalitarian future, where speech would be thoroughly policed and suppressed (like China today). Pro-censorship Americans total only 27 percent of the population, with fully two-thirds of us opposed to shredding the First Amendment.
Still, per this poll, it isn’t free speech alone that Blue Team members are increasingly willing to jettison in fear of COVID:
- “Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats would favor governments requiring citizens to temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine,” explained Rasmussen Reports.
- And 47 percent of Democrats support “governments using digital devices to track unvaccinated people.”
- Nearly a third of “Democratic voters would support temporarily removing parents’ custody of their children if parents refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Constitutional rights belong to everyone . . . “in sickness and in health.”
Right? Democrats?
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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If the real science (as opposed to Fauci’s scientism) is true, there is going to be a mass die-off over the next several months.
There are already insurance company reports showing a 40% increase in all cause mortality in 2021 compared to 2019.
Also interesting are the reports that democrats are taking the covid shots at the rate of 90+% versus republicans and independents at the rate of ~50%. Blacks and Latinos also have a lower covid shot rate.
This could get interesting.
Why the founders didn’t leave free speech as something to vote on.