How to Defend Free Speech
Update: 2024-09-20
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Podcast audio:
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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