Tag: right to offend
The Right to Be Offended Allows Us to Conquer the Very Things That Offend Us
August 5, 2016 | Post
Limits on free speech are often justified to prevent people from offending others. But to paraphrase Nietzsche, if we can overcome what offends us, it makes us stronger. In the Learn Liberty video below, Northwestern University Professor Laura Kipnis explains how being offended can actually be an intellectual exercise which allows us to explore the […]
Censors Getting High on Their Own Authority
February 1, 2016 | Post
Forbidden to wear a t-shirt featuring a plant leaf? Isn’t this the Land of the Free? A U.S. District Court in Iowa agrees. It recently upheld the First Amendment rights of a student group at Iowa State University after administrators tried to stop them from wearing t-shirts featuring images of marijuana leaves. School officials, according […]
Is Offensive Speech Good for Society?
October 27, 2015 | Post
Is there any speech you think should be restricted? Should we have laws to protect people from being offended? Let us know what you think in the comments.