5 Questions for Free Speech Fetishists by Tim Wise

[GoneOffShore]

From the very insightful author and speaker, Tim Wise. He makes some very good points, and there's a lot to think about here.

I’m not shaming your kink, just curious about some things

Look, I get it.

As a writer and educator who makes my living speaking all over the country (at least virtually these past couple of years), I consider the First Amendment an invaluable instrument.

But that doesn’t mean that I don’t recognize its limits.

Nor does it mean that there aren’t legitimate questions about its application or how we balance freedom of speech with other Constitutional protections when they conflict.

And frankly, everyone believes in limits to free speech — even crypto-bro libertarians who think Bitcoin will replace currency and Ayn Rand wrote good novels.

[underpants]

1. 1. If colleges can't be forced to hire bigots for faculty positions, why should they have to allow t

1. If colleges can’t be forced to hire bigots for faculty positions, why should they have to allow them as guest speakers?

Good read.

[GoneOffShore]

3. One of the best questions in the piece, though they are all good.

I expect the absolutists to arrive shortly.

[The Magistrate]

2. Mr. Wise Makes Excellent Points, Sir

Particularly in regard to lies flying under cover of 'free speech'. In a marketplace of ideas, lies have no more place than counterfeit money in a marketplace of goods and services.

[GoneOffShore]

4. "A lie goes around the world five times while truth is lacing up its boots."