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HATE
- Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
- By: Nadine Strossen
- Narrated by: Nadine Strossen, Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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 from censorship. Rather, US law allows government to punish hateful or discriminatory speech in specific contexts when it directly causes imminent serious harm.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Important Message But Repetitive Execution
- By ReaderTeacher on 08-19-18
- HATE
- Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
- By: Nadine Strossen
- Narrated by: Nadine Strossen, Angelo Di Loreto
Exactly what the title promises
Reviewed: 05-16-18
Strossen digs right into recent calls to further restrict “hate speech,” but she doesn’t fall into the hole of mocking those who have proposed more restriction based on their interest in social justice goals. She explains the problems with hate speech laws in Europe and Canada, how they are often used against the people supposedly protected by the laws, the capricious nature of enforcement and the fundamental difficulty of wording.
She gives positive examples from college campuses that have found creative ways of handling bias incidents that don’t involve illegal and punitive speech codes.
I listened to the whole book and ended up buying a hard copy because I want to have the concepts and examples at my finger tips.
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