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    The Threat to Free Speech, Beyond ‘Cancel Culture’

    Plus: Attacks against Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the scholar-snitch problem.
    by Conor Friedersdorf Mar 23, 2022 6 minutes
    Source: Dave Hill / EyeEm / Getty

    This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Every Friday, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.

    Question of the Week

    “The University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas made history on Thursday as the first known transgender athlete to win an NCAA swimming championship when she took the title in the 500m freestyle,” the Guardian reported last week. The victory intensified an ongoing debate about what rules should govern transgender athletes in high school, college, and professional sports.

    What do you think about this, and why? What, if anything, are you unsure about? If you could ask one question of someone who doesn’t share your position to better understand theirs, what would it be?

    Email your thoughts to conor@theatlantic.com. I’ll publish a selection of correspondence in Friday’s newsletter.

    Conversations of Note

    Last week, published an editorial, “,” that fleshed out an argument that “cancel culture” poses a threat to pluralism and deliberative

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