#1128 Confronting Fascism in the Land of Free Speech (Throwback)

<p>Original Air Date: 8-25-2017</p> <div>Today we look at the constant struggle between the freedom to speak and the necessary limits placed on that freedom due to the rights of others to not be substantially harmed by that speech</div> <div> <p>Be part of the show! Leave a <a href="https://podline.fm/best-of-the-left">voice message</a>, message us on Signal at the handle <a href="https://signal.me/#eu/62GSpPKEljyYCb0TuYTEUm3D6Nv8G0xSV_GVP8Q13TkQxVeP04lJ8pGOUEqUdHdn"> bestoftheleft.01</a>, or email <a href="mailto:Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com">Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1128_throwback">Full Show Notes</a></p> </div> <p><strong>Check out our new show, SOLVED! on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft">YouTube</a>!</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BestOfTheLeft.com/Support</a> (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!)</strong></p> <p><strong>Use our links to shop <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/bookshop">Bookshop.org</a> and <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&amp;awinaffid=262399&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Fswitch"> Libro.fm</a> for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience!</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://discord.gg/dhyZE3WMJn" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Join our Discord community</a>!</strong></p> <hr /> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p>Ch. 1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW1F2tk-CvU" rel="noopener" target="_blank">WSJ Reports: ACLU Rethinks Defending Hate Groups Protesting with Guns - Wochit News - Air Date 8-17-17</a></p> <p>Ch. 2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oIk1AtxWA" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting With Firearms - MSNBC</a></p> <p class="small">Ch. 3: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYDuMF08PDc" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Understanding the line between free speech and hate speech - BackStory - Air Date 8-23-17</a></p> <p>Ch. 4: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwZhFUZFGGE" rel="noopener" target="_blank">I was a prominent neo-Nazi. Ignoring white extremists is a mistake. - Vox - Air Date 4-14-17</a></p> <p class="small">Ch. 5: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBWh7-TlOI" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nazis Don't Get Free Speech! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 08-22-17</a></p> <p>Ch. 6: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fvj4b3YCE" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Understanding who joins Antifa - Trumpcast from @Slate - Air Date 8-18-17</a></p> <p class="small">Ch. 7: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE8Tg6i0Wxo" rel="noopener" target="_blank">How Do We Define Hate Speech? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 8-21-17</a></p> <p>Ch. 8: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEhC4AByODE" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Antifa: A Look at the Antifascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 08-16-17</a></p> <p class="small">Ch. 9: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/videos/10155897809698690/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">How not to fall for fascist rhetoric - 1943 US War Department</a></p> <hr /> <p><strong>Voicemails</strong></p> <p><strong>Ch. 19:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyDE1wZISk" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Free speech absolutism - Ryan in Minneapolis, MN</a></p> <p><strong>Ch. 20:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzZE4EPiok" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Free speech absolutism is bullshit - Zach from Atlanta, GA</a></p> <p><strong>Ch. 21:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzZE4EPiok" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Railing against free speech would be a gift to the right - Todd from Delaware, OH</a></p> <p><strong>Ch. 22:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuxcQq1mfv4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Recommending Chomsky video - Elizabeth from North Carolina</a></p> <p><strong>Ch. 23:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce_kvBTXBFA" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Constitution is not a suicide pact - Will from Mississippi</a></p> <hr /> <p>Produced by Jay! Tomlinson</p> <p>Visit us at <a href="http://www.bestoftheleft.com/">BestOfTheLeft.com</a></p> <p>Listen Anywhere! <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/listen">BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen</a> Listen Anywhere!</p> <p>Follow BotL: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft">Mastodon</a> | <a href="https://www.threads.net/@bestoftheleft">Threads</a> | <a href="https://x.com/BestOfTheLeft">X</a></p> <p>Like at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft</a></p> <p>Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com</p>