The Soapbox

CavMan1

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I really enjoyed this book (link)


Tracks the history of landmark first amendment cases. Legally speaking, I don't think our speech has ever been freer. Socially, the joke-policing is ridiculous, though I think we tend to over-romanticize our thick-skinned past. The virtue-signalers didn't need to write blogs about Lenny Bruce, there were puritanical obscenity laws to punish him. Same for 2LiveCrew. Emmett Till didn't get #metoo'd for cat-calling, he got lynched.

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Link: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate


Posted: 12/12/2018 at 8:40PM



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Current Thread:
  How do you prove a hate crime... -- ConnHoo 12/12/2018 10:04PM
  I really enjoyed this book (link) -- CavMan1 12/12/2018 8:40PM
  Hate speech is illegal? -- Beerman 12/12/2018 5:33PM

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