
WOF 389: Catholics and the Culture of Contempt
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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The Shadow Side of Cheap Speech
In 1995, the UCLA scientist Eugene Volok introduced the phrase Cheapspeach. He saw that with the advent of the internet, the cost of delivering and consuming information would plummet. Anyone can now log on to their computer and spread their words. But is there a shadow side to this cheap speech? Oh, extraordinary.
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