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Ahead of tough new U.S. sanctions, Iran maintains harsh rhetoric
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DATE: August 20, 2026 at 02:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Gen Z Americans are more willing to use blockades and violence to stop public speakers
A survey of over 4,000 individuals found that Gen Z Americans tend to be more accepting of shoutdowns, blockades, and violence as methods to suppress speech than their older compatriots, regardless of whether they are asked about these tactics in the abstract or against speech they find personally offensive. Young liberals tended to be more supportive of these methods compared to conservatives when asked abstractly worded questions, but this ideological gap disappeared when the questions referred to suppressing specific, highly offensive ideas. The paper was published in PS: Political Science & Politics.
Free speech is a cornerstone of democratic society. However, people do not always agree about what should happen when speech is considered offensive or harmful. One of the personal and social characteristics that allows free speech to exist is political tolerance. Political tolerance involves allowing people to express ideas that we strongly oppose. In this way, controversial speech is an important test of a person’s commitment to the principles of political tolerance.
Recent research suggests that attitudes toward free speech in the United States may be changing, particularly among younger generations. Younger and more progressive Americans appear increasingly likely to weigh concerns about equality, inclusion, and harm against an unrestricted commitment to freedom of expression. The issue becomes especially complicated when protests themselves are intended to prevent other people from speaking. Although Americans generally support peaceful protest, support falls considerably when protesters employ disruptive, coercive, or violent tactics.
Study author Kevin Jay Wallsten explored the American public’s views on speech-suppressing, disruptive protest tactics. He noted that previous research generally examined tolerance in one of three ways: by exploring abstract support for free speech; by exploring how much people tolerate speech from groups the researchers believe are broadly unpopular, such as communists or racists (the “fixed-group” approach); and by exploring tolerance toward a “least-liked group” that the respondents previously selected from a list.
He notes that the first two approaches can overestimate tolerance because they do not measure whether respondents would actually extend civil liberties to groups they find disagreeable. Researchers using the fixed-group approach do not definitively know if their respondents actually find the groups they are asking about disagreeable, or to what extent. They only gauge the general view of the public.
To address this, Wallsten conducted a nationally representative survey of 4,188 Americans. Study participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the first condition (the “non-group” or abstract approach), participants were asked: “How acceptable [always/sometimes/rarely/never] would you say it is for people to engage in the following action to protest a public speaker?: (1) shouting down a speaker to prevent them from speaking; (2) blocking other people from attending a speech; and (3) using violence to stop a speech.”
In the second condition (the “most-offensive-idea” approach), participants were first asked to select the statement they found most offensive from a list (e.g., “All whites are racist oppressors” or “America got what it deserved on 9/11”). They were then asked whether the protest tactics described in the first condition would be acceptable when used against a speaker advocating the specific idea they just selected.
Results showed that the idea participants found to be most offensive depended heavily on their political ideology. For example, the statement “January 6th was a peaceful protest” was selected as the most offensive by almost 25% of liberals, but only 1% of conservatives. On the other hand, statements like “All whites are racist oppressors” were much more frequently selected by conservatives. Interestingly, the shares of conservatives and liberals who selected “America got what it deserved on 9/11” and “All immigrants should be arrested and deported” as the most offensive were relatively similar.
Results further showed that the three tactics the survey asked about were not equally endorsed. Participants were most accepting of shouting down a speaker and least accepting of using violence. Overall, the youngest participants (Gen Z) tended to be more accepting of all three methods of suppressing speech than older generations. Furthermore, the study found no significant difference between Gen Z respondents who attend college and those who do not, suggesting this acceptance is a generational shift rather than a result of higher education socialization.
Ideological differences also depended entirely on how the question was asked. Young liberals tended to be more supportive of these methods compared to conservatives and moderates only in the abstract condition where the speaker’s statements were not specified. However, when respondents evaluated tactics used against a speaker making a statement they personally found offensive, acceptance increased among conservatives and moderates, completely erasing the ideological gap.
“These analyses reveal important generational differences in how people think about speech-suppressing shoutdowns, blockades, and violence. Members of Gen Z consistently express more permissiveness about these tactics than older cohorts,” the study author concluded.
“Although previous research suggests that young liberals are particularly supportive of disruptive protest actions, this study demonstrates that ideological polarization is present only when survey respondents are asked abstractly worded questions. When asked to evaluate disruptive acts targeting speakers that they find personally offensive, ideological gaps between liberals and conservatives close.”
The study contributes to the scientific understanding of political tolerance in the U.S. However, it should be noted that all data came from self-reports (asking people how acceptable certain actions are to them in theory) rather than observing their behavior in real-world situations. This leaves room for self-reporting bias—where people answer how they think they should feel rather than how they would actually act—to have affected the results.
The paper, “Generational and Ideological Divides in Support for Speech-Suppressing Protest,” was authored by Kevin Jay Wallsten.
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United Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran
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Iran rebuffs Trump’s claim over Hormuz amid report of ship strike
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Houthis’ claims of deadly attacks stoke fears of a wider regional conflict
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks this week, escalating…
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Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they will block Saudi shipping
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebe…
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US expands strikes into northern Iran and disables ship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States intensi…
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US strikes expand into northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run blockade
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further…
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US-Iran war: Airstrikes hit northern Iran
When the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran effectively closed the strait…
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Iran releases video said to show missiles being launched against US bases in Middle East
TWICE reflect on a decade as a group: ‘There’s so much more we can do’ | AP interview…
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Iran releases video said to show latest strikes against US bases in Middle East
TWICE reflect on a decade as a group: ‘There’s so much more we can do’ | AP interview…
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The Bavarian Teachers' Association is advocating for significantly stronger measures to combat the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cheating during school... https://news.osna.fm/?p=51017 | #news #ai #blockades #cheating #classroom
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Iran stops talking to mediators over Israel fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iranian reports say | World
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US military stops another merchant ship in Iranian port blockade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade…
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Extended US-Iran ceasefire is worst-case scenario for energy: Analyst
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Rory Johnston, founder of Commodity…
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#Bolivia four weeks into an indefinite #generalstrike declared by the Central Obrera Boliviana (#COB). Miners, teachers, peasants, factory workers, #firstnations communities went into the streets of #LaPaz. 40+ Blockades of highways elsewhere.
Police killed Four protesters & raided spaces for COB Executive-Secretary Mario Argollo and 24 other organizers on charges of terrorism.
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Senior Iran official warns that war could expand and asks opponents to ‘turn back from this path’
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Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and #blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office. Two weeks of road closures — spearheaded by the Bolivian Workers’ Central, COB, peasant unions and miners — have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted vital hospital oxygen reserves.
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Beijing does not have a strong interest in supporting Iran: Analyst
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LIVE: Bolivians protest in La Paz over government policies
Bolivia's social crisis deepens as more groups join a mass protest movement, including widespread blockades in La Paz. Bolivians are demanding the resignation of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and have been protesting against government policies they say are hurting them, including privatization measures and the sale of poor-quality fuel. #bolivia #lapaz #rodrigopaz #protest #blockades Keep up with the latest…
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Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran in wartime
TEHRAN, …
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Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran in wartime
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Vic Mensa in Cuba: Black Culture, Blackouts and Resistance
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Duration - 8:39[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Vic Mensa came to Cuba — but not as a performer. The Chicago rapper arrived as part of the #NuestraAméricaConvoy, an international solidarity mission bringing humanitarian aid to an island under one of the longest economic #blockades in modern history.
“From a #US perspective, the pain of the world is often out of sight, out of mind,” he said in an interview with BotB.. Vic came to Cuba to see the impact of US policy firsthand.
Cuba didn't just move him politically. It moved him personally, as a #Black man, as a father, as someone who carries both America and #Africa inside him.
Walking deeper into Old Havana, he kept seeing faces that looked like home.
“What I like the most about this experience is seeing that there are Black people on this planet who can't be broken,” he said.
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US says Iran didn’t strike military vessel in new effort to open Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Monday denied claims that Iran …
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Analysis: Why a US blockade threatens Iran’s oil industry
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its cho…
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US military boards ship during Iran blockade but releases it
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran’s ports, but unlike…
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The Latest: Iran offers to reopen Hormuz if US ends the war and blockade, officials say | National
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting…
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The Latest: Iran proposes to reopen Strait of Hormuz without nuclear agreement | National News
Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program, officials with…
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The Latest: Oil prices go up over stalled US-Iran talks
Oil prices were up Monday as a standoff between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz…
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