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Free speech is a blunt instrument. Let's break it up

10 mins | May 28, 2017
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Free speech has become a rallying cry to defend only the things that one likes. Writing in Aeon magazine, Robert Simpson argues that the concept of free speech needs to broken up in order to focus on the protection of socially important communication. ​

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