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Free speech, however vile, is vital to democracy
- George Orwell wrote that liberty means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
- The UK recently denied entry to two US media figures, Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, marking a retreat from free speech.
- Banning individuals might be defensible only if they had criminal records related to inciting riots.
- No democracy should avoid open exchange of views, even if those views are repugnant, because the answer to bad ideas should always be better ideas.
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Free speech, however vile, is vital to democracy
Banning vile views is counterproductive, deprives public of chance to engage, reject
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center21Last Updated84% Center
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