Today, Americans almost invariably say they support the freedom of speech in
public opinion polls. But they did not support allowing fascists to hold meetings
in the United States in the 1940s, did not support the publication of Communist
tracts during the Cold War, and today dispute allowing terrorist groups to have
a public forum. These beliefs exemplify what facet of American public opinion?
Americans believe in values in specific cases, but not in the abstract.
American public opinion fails to change with the times.
Americans lack the ability to differentiate between the abstract and the
specific.
Americans believe in values in the abstract, but not always in specific
cases.
