
247. Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
The Michael Shermer Show
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What Should Be Banned From Being Taught in Schools?
i call it milton's curse. The people who fight the good fight, or fight against censorship on one topic, then suddenly turn round and say, oh, yeare free speech for me, but not so thi milton’s curse has sort have been repeated throughout our history. i think in many ways, weare probably conditioned to that kind of intolerantnow. It becomes very difficult for human beings to hold an abstract principle like free speech up on such a high pedestal when you feel that your most ar the values you feel are most attached to, are being destroyed by the other side. Youdw again remind me why am i protecting this principle? Because if
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