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Several Stanford University campus groups began protesting a free speech initiative that seemed designed to stir up controversy and privilege right-wing voices.
We also have our separate ‘facts,’ often the result of what different media outlets consider newsworthy.”
Scottish people should have been a more visible presence, since the outcome of the case could curtail their freedom of speech.
These are merely tools that help us to accomplish a far greater mission, which is to choose between rival narratives, in the vicious, no-holds-barred battle of ideas that we call “science”.
“Hate speech” has become the reliable battle-cry of the modern-day censor, but it is a largely meaningless concept.
Could it be time to reassess global standards of free speech to mute misogynist trolls and amplify the voices of women?
Inside the hall, Peterson’s remarks were briefly interrupted by two protesters who mounted the stage and unfurled a banner that read “Freedom To Smash Bigotry.”
An ad hominem attack is one directed at an opponent’s character rather than the substance of his arguments and claims.
Speech codes often claim to protect ‘cultural diversity’ on campuses, but they often do the reverse.
Gathering by the campfire in our ideological tribes, we bask in the warm glow of unchallenged beliefs.
The uncomfortable physiological feeling of hearing offensive speech, it would then seem, vindicates this view that one is being attacked.
In our hyper-mediated, panoptical culture, where neurotic self-reference is now almost completely inescapable, the continuing contribution of imaginative fiction and investigative journalism has never been more necessary.
What’s at stake if both the legal protection and cultural environment sustaining free speech continues to deteriorate?
The internet is not a TV station, a babysitter, a shopping mall, a kindergarten, or a support group.