No, Vivek Ramaswamy, ‘political expression’ shouldn’t be a ‘civil right’
Then by dismissing views as “outdated” and “pseudoscientific,” the left hopes to give the impression that there is nothing more to say, that these views are absurd and downright evil—and that this is something “everyone” agrees on.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Free speech does not belong to anyone; it is a universal precept and a core human right. If it has come to be perceived as a specifically right-wing concern, this merely goes to show that those of other political persuasions have failed to uphold it.
Andrew Doyle • Free Speech And Why It Matters
Defending free speech means defending the rights of those whose speech we despise. Uncontroversial ideas require no such protection.
Andrew Doyle • Free Speech And Why It Matters
Few serious observers can consider what we might call the “public square” platforms—particularly Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the public square’s library, Google—a boon to democracy. Nor are they a flourishing intellectual marketplace. Although it is tempting to shrug at their problems by comparing them to the heated partisan newspapers of the e... See more
Jon Askonas • Why Speech Platforms Can Never Escape Politics | National Affairs
We see it nowadays with demands to strip internet anonymity in an attempt to force people to suffer severe consequences for what they say online.