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Free Speech is a core value of the Left
Genuine support for free speech means it must apply to speech you don’t like
Pro Free Speech Doesn't Mean Absolutist support for all speech
Blasphemy–a notion that crystallizes so many of the issues around free speech
marginalized groups benefit the most from free speech protections
If leftist values have actual moral standing they can and should stand up to scrutiny and questioning
Speech is not physical violence, it’s an alternative to violence
Successful challenges to power build on a foundation of free speech
Free thought depends on free speech: censorship leads to a culture of fear where people learn to hide their real opinions
Free Speech protection for all is inherently anti-authoritarian
Let’s hear the Arguments against free speech
free speech isn't free, someone always pays a price
Banning certain speech prevents harm, is in a good cause and therefore the ends justify the means
There is no Truth but My Truth (stay in your lane)
speech is LITERAL violence and can kill
free speech is a tool of oppression by the powerful and a gateway to fascism
The first amendment is protection against state censorship but is irrelevant to social media
Free Speech is actually just license for Racists and bigots to spew hate
Laws against Hate Speech Reduce Intolerance and prevent the rise of fascism
READ the Paradox of Tolerance to understand why some speech needs to be suppressed
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recent ARTICLES
Blasphemy – a notion that crystallizes so many of the issues around free speech
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In the west, we often think that the right to question religious authority is a battle that was won long ago. Most people think it’s at best an anachronism in today’s world. But it wasn’t so long ago that questioning church canon could lead to arrest, torture and a painful, fiery death.
Journalistic self-censorship in wartime is a free speech problem
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Suppressing and censoring speech used to mostly be the work of the government. People on the left would generally criticize and resist the power of the state to control what information they would be allowed to see, hear or read, particularly in times of war.
Canada’s Plans to Regulate the Internet
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Canada’s latest attempt to regulate speech comes in the form of the hotly debated bill, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act (though it was hardly debated in the House-–MPs rushed over 150 amendments to meet the government imposed deadline).
The Chappelle Crisis and the Disastrous Self-Censorship of Comedy
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If the Chappelle Crisis has shown us anything it is that trans activists wield the power of the oppressor as they do everything in their quest to be the exceptional community in a sea of marginalized people.
On the Limitations of the ‘Lived Experience’
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For the better part of a decade, I immersed myself in social justice causes. I made sure I kept myself up-to-date with the latest social justice jargon, even when it was confusing and contradictory (though I wouldn’t admit to it at the time).
On anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: A Response to Mark White’s Article in Plebity
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I appreciate the opportunity to respond to Mark White’s blog in Plebity arguing that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. I take up some but not all of Mark’s arguments. But Mark’s analysis is off base both conceptually and factually in several places.