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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Bill Maher on free speech, comedy, and his haters

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Left Is Playing With a Fire That Even They Have Never With Before

The answer to speech you don't like is more speech. It's not new, the internet allows more people to be heard. When people heard something they didn't agree with, their immediate reaction was, this person must go away permanently. And if you look at the polling from the younger generations, they don't even really understand the concept of free speech or think it's that important. They think not being offended is much more important than free speech. That is a new development, and a very alarming one. The right is playing with a kind of fire that even they have never with before. We should be drowning in it. If you want freedom and openness, great, me too.

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