The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Free speech, safety, and ‘the letter’

The Gray Area with Sean Illing ›

1:31:03 | Jul 13th, 2020

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Last week, Harper’s published an open letter arguing that “the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.” The letter had a long li...Show More



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argentum recommended:Jul 13th, 2020

Ezra attempts to tease out exactly what is wrong with the current fight for free speech and the balance between speech that is done to have a conversation versus speech that is to be used as a weapon.

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mmJul 14th, 2020

@argentum Thanks for the recommendation on this!

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mm recommended:Jul 14th, 2020

"Debate about free speech is a debate on power" A nuanced debate about free speech vs cancel culture between Ezra Klein and Yascha Mounk, one of the Harper letter signatories. They address that Tom Cotton NYT op-ed and the Harper's letter.

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