Despite the widely ratified United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, support for civil liberties is easily eroded in times of threat. Understanding which factors moderate the relationship between threat and support for civil liberties is critical, yet remains relatively unexplored. In this study, we test a double moderation model in which support for the restriction of civil liberties in the face of threat is moderated by both right‐wing authoritarianism and political sophistication. In a national representative dataset (N = 12,507), those low on right‐wing authoritarianism became more like their high right‐wing authoritarian peers in the face of threat. Also, those more sophisticated about political issues were less supportive of restrictions on civil liberties, but only when threat was low. We tested this model on both restrictions for the in‐group, in terms of being wiretapped, and for the out‐group, in terms of torturing suspected terrorists. Our results suggest that increasing political sophistication may have desirable consequences when considering the outcomes for in‐group members, and we argue for increased efforts to expand the in‐group we seek to protect.

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老练却害怕：政治老练，右翼威权主义和威胁对公民自由限制的影响

尽管已广泛批准了《联合国人权宣言》，但在受到威胁时，对公民自由的支持容易受到侵蚀。了解哪些因素可以缓解威胁与对公民自由的支持之间的关系至关重要，但相对而言还没有得到充分探索。在本研究中，我们测试了双重调节模型，该模型在右翼威权主义和政治成熟度的支持下，在面对威胁时限制公民自由。在国家代表数据集中（N= 12,507），面对威胁，右翼威权主义的低端者变得更像右翼威权主义的高手。同样，那些对政治问题比较老练的人也不太支持限制公民自由，但前提是威胁很小。我们针对窃听的内部限制和酷刑可疑恐怖分子的外部限制测试了该模型。我们的结果表明，在考虑团体内成员的选举结果时，日益复杂的政治活动可能会产生理想的后果，并且我们主张加大力度扩大寻求保护的团体内成员。