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#995 Nadine Strossen: Defending Pornography

The Dissenter

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Violent Words Breed Violent Actions

A significant number of students and younger faculty erroneously equate violent expression with actual violence, leading to alarming trends in censorship and intolerance in academic environments. This perspective fuels demands to suppress literary works deemed offensive, such as sensitive subjects in classic literature. More critically, believing that harmful speech is equivalent to physical violence may justify using real violence in response to words, escalating the risk of conflict and undermining free expression.

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