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Ep. 168 Assassin’s veto comes for Rushdie

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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You Don't Bring a Knife to a Word Fight, You Shouldn't Be

i loved christopher hitchin's defence of rushty throughout the nineties. He described this in grandiose terms as a culture war for for freedom. We don't bring knifes to a word fight, we solve our differences through word fights. I mean, there should be people that disarm you pretty quickly and take that knife, knife out of your hand. Fortunately, we're allowing those people to win. And we're allowing them to win a because of fear that we're now smuggling through this kind of idea of offence. i think kennon malice, i've mentioned a few times, and i think he's,. he's a underrated, i mean, in the

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