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
· 5 min read
Free Speech
A collection of 238 posts
The 2018 Free Thought Awards
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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 7 min read
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 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
· 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
· 11 min read
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
The Counterproductive Suppression of Heterodox Views on Race
In the prevailing academic climate, those who offer dissenting analyses of the problems afflicting black communities, or who support unpopular social policies designed to alleviate those problems, risk censorship, ostracization, and even the loss of employment.
Robert Cherry
· 11 min read
When Censorship Is Crowdsourced
The very writers, publishers, poets, musicians, comedians, media producers and artists who once worried about being muzzled by the government are now self-organizing on social media (Twitter, especially) to censor each other.
Jonathan Kay
· 13 min read
Reflections on the Revolution at Yale
Yale cannot help but indulge the claims—no matter how overblown—levelled against it by activists.
Jamie Kirchick
· 7 min read