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#550 Jonathan Zimmerman - Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn

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Free Speech Is Not a Partisan Issue

i think it's a function of our lack of faith in our democracy, i guess that's a very important thing to say. Free speech has been the lynch pen of every movement for social justice,. anti slavery, civil rights, women's suffrage, gay rights. And all the founders of their movements were zealots about free speech and warriors for free speech. It's only because we're caught in this presentest moment that we can't see that.

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