Free Speech - Quillette (Page 11)

Are Anti-BDS Laws an Assault on Free Speech?

Pluralism has been curiously absent from the BDS debate, which is currently gridlocked over the more narrow question of state neutrality.

Aaron Sibarium

8 Feb 2019 · 8 min read

Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write?

The issue was that when a white playwright’s work was produced, casting directors were assuming that they should cast white actors. We were all aghast.

Libby Emmons

1 Feb 2019 · 10 min read

Against the Militancy of the French 'Decolonial' Movement

We call on public authorities, heads of cultural, academic, scientific, and research institutions, but also the judiciary, to pull themselves together.

Quillette

28 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

The New War on Comedy

Once you make it acceptable to tell the jester what is off limits in one context, you enable those who would seek to silence him elsewhere.

Konstantin Kisin

3 Jan 2019 · 5 min read

Quillette’s success comes from a group of writers compelled to express the truth as they see it. We couldn’t be prouder of our association with so many inspiring, talented free thinkers. From the dozens, we give a special nod to these five for their stellar contribution in 2018.

Quillette

30 Dec 2018 · 4 min read

Denial and the Free Speech Crisis

In fact, freedom of speech has been repeatedly repressed at the University of Guelph, and this has been going on for at least a decade.

Rose Clark

17 Dec 2018 · 11 min read

"I Now Understand How Nelson Mandela Felt"

So what are we to make of my ban? The only sensible conclusion is that Twitter is run by a coterie of crypto-fascists.

Titania McGrath

13 Dec 2018 · 3 min read

Much Ado About Free Speech: A Canadian Professor Responds

I have been teaching at my university for almost 20 years, yet I cannot recall a single instance in which my students protested the expression of an offensive idea.

Dan Meegan

21 Nov 2018 · 8 min read

Theorising Out Loud

If those who value free speech hope to convince the public of its enduring value, they would do well to more directly confront the poorly conceived theory behind progressive critiques, and the cynical abuse of public goodwill toward the vulnerable in society.

Charlotte Shelton

21 Nov 2018 · 11 min read

Is It Sexual Harassment to Discuss this Article?

This increases the likelihood that individuals who cross the line by discussing sex differences will be warned not to repeat the behavior and will probably be okay as long as they comply.

Stuart Reges

17 Nov 2018 · 8 min read

The Death of the First Amendment in Cyberspace

Social media became instrumental in the toppling of dictators in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen and, in 2010, it was Mark Zuckerberg’s turn to be awarded Time’s Person of the Year.

Jacob Mchangama

22 Oct 2018 · 7 min read

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Graham Verdon

4 Oct 2018 · 1 min read

Alex Jones Was Victimized by One Oligopoly. But He Perpetuated Another

We must be the protectors of our own free speech, and habitually speak out not just against the tech giants, but also against populist gurus.

Gurwinder Bhogal

30 Sep 2018 · 9 min read

Amidst the YouTube Junkies of MythCon, I Witnessed a New Kind of Radical Centrism

This was a room full of people passionately engaged in the world of ideas. Yet in their panelist remarks and Q&A comments, few of the speakers and audience members invoked the name of any actual party, politician or even broad political movement.

Jonathan Kay

24 Sep 2018 · 11 min read

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Graham Verdon

13 Sep 2018 · 1 min read

Are Anti-BDS Laws an Assault on Free Speech?

Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write?

Against the Militancy of the French 'Decolonial' Movement

The New War on Comedy

The 2018 Free Thought Awards

Denial and the Free Speech Crisis

"I Now Understand How Nelson Mandela Felt"

Much Ado About Free Speech: A Canadian Professor Responds

Theorising Out Loud

Is It Sexual Harassment to Discuss this Article?

The Death of the First Amendment in Cyberspace

Headline Rhymes

Alex Jones Was Victimized by One Oligopoly. But He Perpetuated Another

Amidst the YouTube Junkies of MythCon, I Witnessed a New Kind of Radical Centrism

Headline Rhymes