The Free Speech Rulebook
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Description: Jonathon Blumen provides thoughtful discussion about roots and current status of free speech.
Introduction: The Free Speech Rulebook Introduction: The Free Speech Rulebook When we talk about "free speech", we are not referring to a tangible thing but to a set of rules implemented by human agreement. Free speech may be a matter of social convention, or law, and is usually both. In some circumstances, the laws and social conventions may line up with one another, while at other times they may conflict. For example, a benevolent monarch might permit a good deal of liberty, even though the laws of his country are very severe about dissent. Or a democracy with significant free speech protections may endure the spectacle of savage social harassment of dissenters-- something that has happened several times in this country and which we appear to be
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