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The necessity — and danger — of free speech

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Do We Have Free Speech in the US?

As a platonic ideal of a truly free speech society, i don't know. I'd say it's as close as any society has ever been. The challenge of democracy is finding ways to navigate all that without losing the freedom that makes democracy possible. A democracy still s the best form of political life because it offers freedom of expression and the possibility of confronting power.

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