Redefining Violence: The Problem with PC Speech Codes
August 3, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… If speech can be equated with violence, then the extent of government control in daily life can be greatly expanded. Continue reading →
Defending the Freedom to Be Awful is True Tolerance
July 30, 2018 – Peter Bowerman …… So long as I’m not infringing on your rights, I’m well within my rights to be a jerk, and those who champion “tolerance” would do well to remember that. Continue reading →
You Don’t (Always) Have a Right to Speak Spanish
June 12, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… As with the right to free speech in general, expressing one’s property rights depends partly on whose property one is standing. Continue reading →
Trump vs. Jefferson on Freedom of the Press
October 20, 2017 – Gary Galles …… There can never be a good reason for denying anyone the freedom of thought, the freedom of expression, or the freedom of speech, even for “fake news.” Continue reading →
Should an armed Nazi horde be permitted to invade your town?
August 23, 2017 – Jeffrey Tucker …… The American Civil Liberties Union will no longer defend the right of speech, the right to associate, the right to protest and march, if one is carrying a gun while engaging in these activities. Shame on the ACLU for being philosophically inconsistent. Continue reading →
The freedom of speech, and last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia
August 19, 2017 – Andrew Napolitano …… What about hate speech? The remedy for it is not to silence or censor it, because we need to know from whence it comes. The remedy is more speech — speech to challenge the hatred, speech to educate the haters, speech to expose their moral vacuity. More speech will create an atmosphere antithetical to hatred. Continue reading →