> Psychological factors also underpin attitudes towards freedom of speech. Liberals tend to be more creative and open to new experiences, these attitudes underp

> Psychological factors also underpin attitudes towards freedom of speech. Liberals tend to be more creative and open to new experiences, these attitudes underpinning traditional liberal attitudes towards freedom of speech. If one embraces challenges, diverse viewpoints tend to be less threatening. Conservatives are different, tending to be more fearful; most studies find an association between conservatism and anxieties such as the fear of death. This is unfavourable to freedom of speech; the principle thrives when attitudes are open. What a simplistic view. Conservatives tend to be less interested in the novel follies of the day. Also, conservatives don't think one need be a credentialed Biologist to know to which of the two actually existing genders one was born and shall remain until death, irrespective of the latest fashionable thought.