James Kirchick: Is Hate Speech OK?
January 30, 2024
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Episode 197 · January 30, 2024
James Kirchick: Is Hate Speech OK?
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<p dir="auto">Should swastikas be banned? Should you be allowed to chant “Palestinians are terrorists”? What about “trans women aren’t women”? Or “Covid was a hoax”?</p> <p dir="auto"> </p> <p dir="auto">In an era of misinformation and hate speech, universities, governments and journalists are wrestling with whether to control what gets said. Should there be any limits?</p> <p dir="auto"> </p> <p dir="auto">You’ve seen James Kirchick on Bill Maher’s show. He’s a big free-speecher; a writer, columnist, and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. He and Josh butt heads debating free speech and hate speech in a chaotic world.</p> <p dir="auto"> </p> <p dir="auto"><strong>To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed. Hit the Substack page at</strong> <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a></p> <p dir="auto"><a href="http://youtube.com/@JoshSzeps_">Josh Szeps</a></p> <p dir="auto"><a href="http://twitter.com/joshzepps">𝕁𝕠𝕤𝕙 𝕊𝕫𝕖𝕡𝕤 (@joshzepps) on X</a></p> <p dir="auto"><a href="http://instagram.com/joshszeps/">Instagram (@joshszeps)</a></p> <p dir="auto"><a href="http://tiktok.com/@uncomfyconversations">Josh Szeps on TikTok</a></p>
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