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Ep. 185 Sex, drugs, and free speech (Bob Guccione Jr. and Nick Gillespie)

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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The Evils of Banning Books

Lizzo and Beyonce were able to effectively recall everything and then put out the bolterized version without comment. And I think for me, I don't get too worried about artists changing their mind or copying out and stuff like that. But the fact that we are now in a world where censorship happens almost retrospectively without anybody really being hip to it is deeply disturbing. We're always changing and iterating and what public discourse is doing right? The Ministry of Truth, even Google Docs has changed its name from "The Ministry of Truth" to "the Ministry of Truth." It's not just Lizzo-Beyoncé but also Agatha Christie who have been rewriting history

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