Category:Free Speech
Freedom of Speech: Does Free Speech Help Minorities?
August 25, 2015 | Video
What would you give for your freedom of speech? We explore a crash course in civil rights and free speech. Click Here to Learn More When people call for censorship they often argue that offensive speech is harmful to the vulnerable and oppressed, but the reality is that a system of robust uninhibited free speech […]
Freedom of Speech: How Is Offensive Speech Good For Society?
June 29, 2015 | Video
The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech and has been upheld by the Supreme Court more than once. But with occurrences like Charlies Hebdo and other incidents of racist, obscene, and hateful speech occurring, should this protection still apply? As Professor Tom W. Bell explains, it was unfavorable speech that not only allowed individuals […]
This Prof. will Challenge your Perspective on Free Speech
December 13, 2013 | Video
Everybody loves free speech, right? It’s in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But Prof. Deirdre McCloskey complicates the picture of free speech by associating it with the Greek word for persuasion: rhetoric. Free speech and advertising go hand in hand. Advertisements and rhetoric both have a negative connotation, but they are essential to […]