Free Speech - Quillette (Page 8)

Demoted and Placed on Probation

One young man said to me, “How did you get tenure?” When I said that I didn’t have tenure he said, “Good! Because you’re not going to get it.”

Stuart Reges

11 Jan 2020 · 14 min read

How Bitcoin Can Protect Free Speech in the Digital Age

If we want to live in a world where we can buy things and subscribe to media and earn money and publish our thoughts without the fear of being spied on, then we are going to need a digital form of cash. Bitcoin is the foundation for that system.

Alex Gladstein

17 Dec 2019 · 7 min read

Mark Zuckerberg and the Changing Civil Rights Movement

The truth is therefore that Mark Zuckerberg’s reading of civil rights history with respect to its relationship to free speech is closer to the mark than that of many who have inherited the mantle of the movement.

John R. Wood, Jr.

10 Dec 2019 · 6 min read

YouTube Censored My Interview With Posie Parker

The subliminal message behind this is obvious: “Censor yourself so we don’t have to.”

Konstantin Kisin

22 Nov 2019 · 5 min read

'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review

The Rise of Jordan Peterson constructs a kaleidoscopic narrative that enables the viewer to look at the same sequence of events in several different ways.

Carol Horton

14 Oct 2019 · 11 min read

Olga Tokarczuk: Poland's "Patriots" Struggle To Accept The Nobel Prize

Tokarczuk is a passionate proponent of tolerance, feminism and European unity.

Bartosz Wieliński

11 Oct 2019 · 5 min read

The Problem with Sensitivity Readers

Sensitivity readers are typically sought by authors writing about some marginalized group—a culture to which they don’t personally belong, or a community about which they don’t feel they have complete expertise, and about which they want to be warned of any overlooked biases or stereotypes.

Ryan Holiday

1 Oct 2019 · 10 min read

My Book Defending Free Speech Has Been Pulled

If upsetting students or staff or the public is a reason for banning speech, all such discussion is at an end.

James Flynn

24 Sep 2019 · 7 min read

How the Trans-Rights Movement Is Turning Philosophers Into Activists

Can we not treat trans people as the sex they identify with for almost all purposes, and still make some distinctions when it comes to female-only spaces, services and provisions?

Holly Lawford-Smith

20 Sep 2019 · 17 min read

In the U.S. Campus Speech Wars, Palestinian Advocacy Is a Blind Spot

This silencing campaign presents itself as inclusive and therapeutic. In reality, it poses a significant threat to intellectual and academic freedom, yet one that seems perennially overlooked in the campus speech wars.

Andy Lamey

18 Sep 2019 · 19 min read

A Flawed Defense of Safe Spaces in the New York Times

Ironically, what is really needed is the restoration of the entire college campus as a safe space for people of all perspectives.

James Huffman

6 Sep 2019 · 4 min read

No, Jonathan Haidt is Not Like a Slavery Apologist

The unhinged reasoning in Fairbanks’s essay invites an overcorrection. It would be easy—and tendentious—to reverse her argument. The Left are the real heirs of the proslavery tradition—intolerant aggression disguised as aggrieved fragility, etc.

Adam Rowe

4 Sep 2019 · 6 min read

Yaniv’s Other Racket: How a Single Gender Troll Managed to Get 'Hundreds' of Women Thrown Off Twitter

The larger discussion of how trans rights and women’s rights will be reconciled in coming years lies beyond the scope of this article.

Lindsay Shepherd / Jonathan Kay

31 Aug 2019 · 9 min read

Free Speech Matters, Even When it’s Not Protected by the First Amendment

As chilling effects go, “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk going to jail” is not all that different from “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk losing my friends and my livelihood.”

Jason Richwine

18 Aug 2019 · 6 min read

Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech—A Review

Not only had Carrell hurt the feelings of the Iranian people, but he had hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world. There would be consequences.

Rumy Hasan

14 Aug 2019 · 8 min read