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172. Andrew Doyle — Free Speech: And Why it Matters

The Michael Shermer Show

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Self Censorship

i think peopleave the right to be offensive if they want. But i don't believe in this idea of attacking people who have used the word in context, either when they're quoting or wasn't there an academic in america who got firedfor for quoting a james baldwin novel which used the word? Ite matters. That's not a racest act. The wording of itself is not races. It is what the intention behind the word is that makes it racest or not. And we all know the difference. I think we need to go back to the good old days when we can call gay people faggots or whatever. How dare you assume by being able to

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