HATE
Book description
HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about hate speech vs. free speech, showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony. We hear too many incorrect assertions that hate speech which has no generally accepted definition is either absolutely unprotected or absolutely protected…
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2 authors picked HATE as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I am Nadine Strossen’s Number One fan. What an amazing career–daughter of a Holocaust survivor, directly targeted by Nazi hate speech, yet today Professor Strossen stands out as America’s most prominent advocate of free speech.
Having served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union for an impressive term of more than fifteen years, Strossen used this book to outline in a concise yet fact-filled way the reasons why hateful attitudes are damaging, yet legal punishments on individual speakers would be even more damaging.
From Eric's list on understanding hate speech.
I have been puzzled over the progressive left’s calls for governmental censorship for hate speech that they abhor, when they have so often been the victims of such governmental campaigns against subversive speech.
Nadine Strossen, the former national president of the ACLU, whom I have long called “The First Lady of Liberty,” has provided very strong arguments against such progressive calls for censorship. I love how Strossen, a true liberal in her own right, turns the tables on her more extremist partisan colleagues and makes a very good case for the old adage, “Not Censorship, but More Speech”!
From David's list on freedom of speech history and purposes.
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