Lawfare Archive: The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
The Lawfare Podcast
Should Congress Condemn Every Conspiracy Theory?
Sally Kohn: Do we want Congress condemning every conspiracy theory? We're only certain ones. Is there anything special about them that separates them from other harmful speech like incitement to violence or hate speech That requires a separate policy to address the conspiratorial aspect, she asks. She says people who believe conspiracy theories believe them because they think they're true. So they don't want those ones banned. They just want to ban the ones the other guy believes in and if everybody gets to use that as their standard then we'll have nothing right said Kohn.
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