Ten arguments against free speech

We tackle ten common arguments against free speech.
FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff and FIRE Senior Fellow and
former ACLU President Nadine Strossen are the co-authors of the new
book, “War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech–And Why They
Fail.”

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:18 Book’s origins

04:25 Argument #1: Words are violence

20:27 Argument #2: Words are dangerous

25:09 Argument #3: Hate speech isn’t free speech

31:06 Argument #4: About shoutdowns

37:18 Argument #5: Free speech is outdated

45:41 Argument #6 Free speech is right-wing

50:14 Argument #7: About that crowded theater and
marketplace of ideas

59:27 Argument #9: Misinformation and
disinformation

01:03:53 Argument #8: Free speech protects power

01:09:30 Argument #10: About the Holocaust and Rwandan
genocide

01:13:35 Outro

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War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech–And Why They
Fail.

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