"It is sheer terrified madness to entrust a broad power to prevent or punish speech" https://www.popehat.com/2017/08/14/america-at-the-end-of-all-hypotheticals/ …
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Replying to @mtracey
You've chosen a weird/bad hill to die on. I love free speech as much as anyone, but white power rallies are like yelling "fire" in a theater
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Replying to @PhilNista
You managed to invoke two of the most overused, cliched tropes -- "hill to die on" and "fire in a crowded theater" -- in the same tweet.
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Replying to @mtracey
I'm a lefty who's been following you for almost 2 years, and ive defended your work against fellow lefties critics. I guess I shouldn't have
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Replying to @PhilNista
Well, I appreciate that. I just don't view this as a "hill I'm dying on," and I'm getting a little tired of that particular cliche.
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Replying to @mtracey
It seems you've staked out an indefensible position, so that cliche is coming up for a reason. Also, my tweet isn't the great American novel
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Replying to @PhilNista
The traditional civil libertarian position, embodied by the ACLU, is not at all indefensible. It's easy to defend, and that defense is vital
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It's more vital than ever to defend right now because people are apparently going in an illiberal direction. Sorry for being abrasive.
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Replying to @mtracey
Exhortations to violence aren't free speech. The language of and actions at the rally are unprotected. Hitler's speeches wouldve also been
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