226. Suzanne Nossel on defending free speech for all, based on her book Dare to Speak
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Solution to Hate Speeches Violence
i devote a whole chapter in the book to an examination of the harms that can result from speech. I think free speech advocates historically have been and reluctant to cop totthe notion that speech can cause harm. It goes back to that old schoolyard i added, sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. But the fact is that speech can hurt and wound and harm. And particularly, i look at people bit on the receiving end of slurs and stereotyping and bigotry their whole lives. That can effect mental health, psychological well being, academic performance, even physical health. As citizens, we have an obligation to address hateful speech as ito a soc
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