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Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

Book by Jonathan Rauch · 1 quotes · Liberalism, Authoritarianism, Conflict

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“[No] social principle in the world is more foolish and dangerous than the rapidly rising notion that hurtful words and ideas are a form of violence or torture (e.g., “harassment”) and that their perpetrators should be treated accordingly. That notion leads to the criminalization of criticism and the empowerment of authorities to regulate it. The new sensitivity is the old authoritarianism in disguise, and it is just as noxious.”

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