How to Defend Free Speech

How to Defend Free Speech

Update: 2024-09-20
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In this episode of New Ideal, Agustina Vergara Cid interviews Gregory Salmieri about his essay “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life.”







Among the topics covered:









* What free speech is and why a defense of it is needed;







* How to respond to acts of de-platforming and cancellation;







* Why the right to free speech is absolute;







* How public education violates free speech;







* Non-governmental violations of free speech;







* The difference between thought and action;







* When protests and civil disobedience are justified;







* How to promote a culture of free speech.









Mentioned in this podcast are Gregory Salmieri’s essay “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” and Tara Smith’s book The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom.







The episode was released on September 18, 2024. Watch archived podcasts here.




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How to Defend Free Speech

How to Defend Free Speech

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