479. Should We Defend Horrible Speech?

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479. Should We Defend Horrible Speech?

FromThe Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families

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Jul 21, 2023

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People seem way too eager these days to want to ban speech they think is hateful and offensive. It's true, there are a lot of terrible things that are said, but even hateful and offensive speech should be defended and history has some great examples of why this is important.

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Jul 21, 2023

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479. Should We Defend Horrible Speech?

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