I understand every instinct completely. And i sympathize with people who say, you know, why should we tolerate these horrible things in our public sphere? For me, the right argument for free speech is not that all of it is valuable or bati. The alternative is a buocratic regime, though i just shouldn't trust. It's easy for me to say, you should stand up against this, but if you have a partner and a child and a mortgage and maybe an elderly parent who's needing a financial support,. To give up your livelihood and to be so stained...i have not a question of cowardice in that comtext. When i was just akid tmy father,
Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of America's most incisive essayists. In her articles about a wide range of topics including modern motherhood, the politics of higher education, and the state of the abortion debate, she skewers consensus views with her trademark wit.
In this week’s conversation, Caitlin Flanagan and Yascha Mounk discuss her coming-of-age in 1960s Berkeley, the evolution of freedom of speech, and whether America has a future.
This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
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