Free Speech Under Siege with Steve Simpson

In the aftermath of the Paris and Copenhagen attacks, many voices rose in defense of Charlie Hebdo and its right to publish cartoons offensive to Muslims. But that support quickly gave way to questions about the limits of free speech. Does it really include the right to offend?

In this talk, Steve Simpson will explain why our culture of sensitivity reveals a troubling ignorance about the importance of free speech and a growing opposition to its protection. He will show the similarities between the ideas that underlie our culture of sensitivity and those that motivated the attacks in Paris and Copenhagen and why you should be concerned about this important issue.

Mr. Simpson is the director of Legal Studies at the Ayn Rand Institute and a former attorney at the Institute for Justice.
(March 25, 2015)
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10:27 - Interesting: "the idea that free speech doesn't include the right to offend, is the same thing as saying as there is no such thing as free speech"
19:12 - Crucial
22:22 - Of threads and discussion of ideas
26:26 - Image
55:18 - Complication of public unversity
57:34 - Of punishment and free speech

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*Free Speech Under Siege*  In this talk, Steve Simpson will explain why our culture of sensitivity reveals a troubling ignorance about the importance of free speech and a growing opposition to its protection.

#FreeSpeech