Free speech, forced speech and the right to silence

HERE IS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR POLARIZED AGE: IF YOU value the right to speak freely, then what about the right not to? The right to express any opinion or none at all, to inflame an audience by what you say, or what you refuse to say. Surely these rights are knit together: tug at either one, and the fabric of freedom unravels.

All this is on my mind as the Academy Awards approach, a celebration of artistic expression