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Positive Liberty and Social Rights: Freedom of Speech on Campus

On university campuses, on the whole, people should be able to express their minds freely and openly, even if they hold contrarian opinions. Campuses are generally places of intellectual inquiry…

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8 min

Politics

How Free Should Free Speech Be?

Maybe it came in the form of racism or sexism, such as in the cases of Roseanne Barr, Quinn Norton, or Sarah Jeong. Maybe it was someone whose jokes were…

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10 min

Features

Freedom of Speech and the Fallacy of Demanding to be Heard

There is a troubling misunderstanding of the principle of freedom of speech gaining momentum right now. It fundamentally misunderstands two central concepts of the principle — individual freedom and the…

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25 min

Features

The Reality of the Rise of an Intolerant and Radical Left on Campus

The darkest part is not the rise of radicalism, but the passive acquiescence of the vast majority of faculty and students.

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7 min

Politics

The Case of Lindsay Shepherd and What It Teaches Us about How Learning Occurs

People with real power over someone else often use the excuse that they are defending “victims” to engage in the most shameless bullying.

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11 min

Politics

From the Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo

This is the transcript of a talk that Kenan Malik gave at the Integrity 20 conference in Brisbane, Australia on October 19th, 2017. First published on Pandaemonium, Malik’s personal website,…

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5 min

Politics

What Charlie Hebdo Can Teach Us About the Nature of Satire

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is once more at the center of a storm of controversy over the cover cartoon they posted in response to the recent Houston floods.…

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3 min

Politics

If It’s OK to “Punch a Nazi,” Then It’s OK to Punch You

There’s a meme circulating on the internet which righteously urges everyone to “Punch Nazis.” Promoting this phrase has become a virtue-signal in certain circles of the left, and even among…

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4 min

Why We All Love Minorities (and Want to Be One)

Who wants to belong to a minority? Who wants to feel left out or marginalized, merely because you are different from the mainstream, or because you hold unpopular views? Who…

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7 min

Politics

Why I Am a Free Speech Absolutist

I was recently reading an article by Ulrich Baer, in the New York Times, entitled “What Snowflakes Get Right About Free Speech.” The author defended the actions of students who disrupted recent…

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9 min

Features

The Progressive Case for Free Speech

It’s a paradox: The ability to communicate, spread and access information freely across borders and barriers has never been more readily available to people around the globe. Yet the belief…

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5 min

Politics

Shut Up for Free Speech

Freedom of speech, it is said, is our most essential freedom because it reinforces and safeguards all other rights. People will go to great lengths, including dying, to defend this…

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4 min

The Virtues of Free Speech

Free speech must include the right to offend. Granted, there are limitations upon free speech which do serve valuable and necessary functions — such as the prohibition against incitement to violence,…

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3 min

Culture & Media

How a Liberal Professor Watchlist May Come Back to Haunt Conservatives

| by Toni Airaksinen | Just in time for Christmas, the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA has created a Naughty List to “expose professors who have demonstrated liberal bias in…

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Free Expression

Positive Liberty and Social Rights: Freedom of Speech on Campus

How Free Should Free Speech Be?

Freedom of Speech and the Fallacy of Demanding to be Heard

The Reality of the Rise of an Intolerant and Radical Left on Campus

The Case of Lindsay Shepherd and What It Teaches Us about How Learning Occurs

From the Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo

What Charlie Hebdo Can Teach Us About the Nature of Satire

If It’s OK to “Punch a Nazi,” Then It’s OK to Punch You

Why We All Love Minorities (and Want to Be One)

Why I Am a Free Speech Absolutist

The Progressive Case for Free Speech

Shut Up for Free Speech

The Virtues of Free Speech

How a Liberal Professor Watchlist May Come Back to Haunt Conservatives

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