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Eternally Radical Poll: 2022 EXCESSIVELY PRESTIGIOUS BOOK award
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What book should win the 2022 EXCESSIVELY PRESTIGIOUS BOOK award?

‘Naive Statism’ and how the Rwandan genocide was not about Rwanda’s excessive commitment to free speech: Part 18 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff
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Greg Lukianoff’s ‘book of the month’ recommendations
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Censorship won’t cure disinformation (featuring Jacob Mchangama and Nadine Strossen): Part 17 of answers to arguments against free speech
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Answers to bad arguments against free speech by Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff.

Would censorship have stopped the rise of the Nazis? Part 16 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff
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Proponents of hate speech laws assume the enforcement of such laws might have prevented the spread of Nazi ideology in Germany, but the historical record belies this assumption.

Open letter to Elon Musk from Greg Lukianoff on preserving free expression on social media
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Is counterspeech the best answer to bad speech? Part 15 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff
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The Eternally Radical Idea is a blog about free speech by ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø President and CEO Greg Lukianoff, co-author of the New York Times bestseller "The Coddling of the American Mind."

Shouting down speakers is mob censorship: Part 14 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff
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Shouting down a speaker to stop an event from proceeding is mob censorship, full stop. It gives the shouters the power to dictate what anyone else is able to say or to hear.

Does free speech ‘inevitably’ lead towards truth? Is the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ a broken metaphor? Part 13 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff
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Rising censorship, falling trust: How lack of transparency erodes trust in higher ed and beyond
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