Nadine Strossen - Is Our Right To Speech In Danger?

About this episode

Matt speaks with Nadine Strossen about the pressures on free speech across the political spectrum and the importance of a culture of free expression.

Matt speaks with Nadine Strossen about why free speech is under pressure across the political spectrum, from left-wing campus cancel culture to right-wing government coercion and censorship pressures. Strossen argues that the answer to hateful or harmful ideas is not censorship, but a stronger culture of free expression, viewpoint neutrality, and fighting bad speech with better speech. References Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know - Nadine Strossen: https://a.co/d/0ialIpUc Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship - Nadine Strossen: https://a.co/d/0isrx1H3 The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech and Why They Fail - Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff: https://a.co/d/00P1zxhP FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression https://www.fire.org/ The Future of Free Speech: Jhttps://futurefreespeech.org/ The Communications Decency Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act Thanks to Our Patrons Thanks to our patrons, including Kris Rondolo, Amy Willis, and Christopher McDonald.To support The Curious Task, visit:https://patreon.com/curioustask

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guest: Nadine Strossen

Topics covered

• free speech
• censorship
• political spectrum
• cancel culture
• viewpoint neutrality

Keywords

• free speech
• censorship
• cancel culture
• viewpoint neutrality
• Nadine Strossen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, The Future of Free Speech, Communications Decency Act

Books & works: Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know, Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech and Why They Fail

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