Free speech is a core value in any free society. But what are its limits? Senior Attorney Hans Bader discusses a UN resolution to ban anti-religious speech and a court case involving a professor who sent anti-immigration emails. The best remedy for hateful speech, he argues, is not to silence it with laws and courts. It is to rebut it with speech of one’s own.
Ryan Young
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