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TFA says this: > I recalled this curious concept of freedom when a student defended complete freedom of speech except for hate speech—and hate speech included
by mirimir 7y ago
TFA says this:
> I recalled this curious concept of freedom when a student defended complete freedom of speech except for hate speech—and hate speech included anything he disagreed with. Whatever did not seem hateful was actually a “dog-whistle.”
That seems pretty clear, and just the opposite of Evelyn Beatrice Hall's paraphrase of Voltaire's position:[0]
“I wholly disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it.”
0) https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/