Flemming Rose

Discussion with Flemming Rose, Nadine Strossen, and Jacob Mchangama on political violence, free speech, and the impact of rhetoric. Topics include historical contexts like Weimar Germany, the balance between freedom of speech & security, trends in college campus attitudes towards speech, and the importance of cultivating a free speech culture.

Flemming Rose, former culture editor at Jyllands-Posten, discusses the controversial 2005 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited global unrest. He explores the rationale behind publishing the cartoons, emphasizing the risks of self-censorship. Flemming highlights the escalated international protests and personal threats he faced. He critiques blasphemy laws for fostering violence and argues that true multiculturalism must protect free speech. Ultimately, he advocates for courage in the face of censorship to safeguard open dialogue.

Flemming Rose, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins Yaron to discuss free speech in Europe. They explore the battle for freedom of speech, the necessity of fighting for this right, the pursuit of truth, the culture of self-censorship, and the challenges faced by the European Union. They also discuss the slippery slope of free speech in Europe, the culture of free speech in different parts of Europe, the implications of victory for Ukraine, media freedom and language law in Ukraine, the significance of the second commandment, the decline of free speech globally, and the danger of a monopoly over truth.