1. The interesting thing about free speech absolutism is that it's always been highly selective, defending elites against marginal groups.
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4. By "human beings in the maturity of their faculties" Mill meant white people. He didn't believe most of humanity could handle free speech
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5. Mill's opposition to free speech for non-whites was not merely theoretical. At East India company he worked to limit freedom in India.pic.twitter.com/ccXghEdMOm
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