The Greatest Defense of Free Speech (John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty”)
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The Freedom of Speech
The freedom of speech does not entail a negation of wisdom. There is still a time and a place for saying things or not saying things. John Stuart Mill defends common, sensical guardrails that have been standard in all societies which treasure this right. No matter how disgusting it is, some people are just flat wrong. All opinions are equally worthy to be guarded against censorship.
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