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247. Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

The Michael Shermer Show

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Why You Don't Want to Criminalize Speech?

i remember one of these campus d platformings, or the hecklers veto attempt to silence one of the speakers. Some other students just stood up and said, shut up. I want to hear what he has to say. And so they're, in a way, defending their right try speech, to hear speech. i think that's also basically one of the reasons why you all so don't want to criminalize speech.

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