i don't think the government should be able to compel you to hold particular opinions or see things. But there might be very narrow exceptions iner court of law, you know, if you're under oth something like that. I definitely don’t think the governmentShould be able to compelled you to use a specific air pronouns. Houh, under european hate speech laws that are now being expanded to include categories like gender expression, engender identity, could that potentially be ban issue? That is certainly not nothing that the government shouldshod should get mixed intos so yet,. i agree with those.
Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and it is subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat.
In this episode, based on the book Free Speech, Michael Shermer and Jacob Mchangama discuss the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of the principle, how much we have gained from it, and how much we stand to lose without it. Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant.