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Bonus Ep! Free Speech in America
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Free expression as a First Amendment right and cultural value is under assault in America. Yes, there's a hurricane of partisan hypocrisy concerning who can say what and when. But the battles over this cherished right are as old as the republic. The uproar over Jimmy Kimmel is merely the latest chapter. The veteran First Amendment litigator Bob Corn-Revere, now the chief counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), is here to clear up the confusion.
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Further reading:
Everyone's a Free Speech Hypocrite by FIRE's Greg Lukianoff (New York Times)
174 episodes
Manage episode 508275754 series 2855653
Subscribe to listen to this entire episode.
Free expression as a First Amendment right and cultural value is under assault in America. Yes, there's a hurricane of partisan hypocrisy concerning who can say what and when. But the battles over this cherished right are as old as the republic. The uproar over Jimmy Kimmel is merely the latest chapter. The veteran First Amendment litigator Bob Corn-Revere, now the chief counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), is here to clear up the confusion.
Subscribe at historyasithappens.supercast.com
Further reading:
Everyone's a Free Speech Hypocrite by FIRE's Greg Lukianoff (New York Times)
174 episodes
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