Antiquated argument. McCarthy was confronted before a live audience in the era of a few dominant TV/radio stations. It was one of the only times the public saw McCarthy not on his terms. The same logic doesn't apply in the internet age.https://twitter.com/Gladwell/status/1036951312204746752 …
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Replying to @NGrossman81
It's absolutely fine to see free speech was a right, but can we not pretend it's consequentially better, too? Sunlight is not always that great a disinfectant.
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Replying to @epicciuto
I usually oppose private efforts to silence speech, especially shouting down a speaker rather than disputing their ideas. But that's separate from the empirical claim that more exposure for crazy ideas weakens them. Not sure how anyone can think that after the last few years.
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from Urbana, IL
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