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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Those Who Express Unpopular Views Ought to Be Given More Latitude in Terms of How They Express Themselves

There's a paragraph where he talks about more animated ways of expressing oneself. I think he references satire and he takes on the argument that, okay, speech might be allowing for vigorous expression but only if it's argued rationally. He thinks we have to be more permissive when we're looking at people who express unpopular views than people who are expressing popular words. If anybody ought to be given more latitude in terms of how they express themselves, it's them.

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