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“Minorities are always better off in a culture which protects dissent than in a culture which protects us from dissent.”

Culture Diversity Liberalism Freedom Of Speech Dissent Pluralism Hate Speech Speech Regulation

Book:The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Source: The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

“[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.”

Violence Liberalism Freedom Of Speech Authoritarianism Hate Speech Speech Regulation

Book:Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

Source: Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

“Lost in the incessant focus on the darker sides of free speech—real, perceived, and exaggerated—are the profound benefits of free and open discourse, from the toppling of absolutist rulers to the cross-fertilization of knowledge across cultures and the defeat of institutional racism and discrimination. As thinkers like Spinoza, Cato, Madison, Constant, and Douglass have pointed out, we jeopardize those benefits if we are unwilling to accept any of the harms or costs that inevitably accompany free expression.”

Liberalism Freedom Of Speech Discourse Hate Speech Speech Regulation

Book:Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

Source: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media