I grew up with and have long practiced a kind of first amendment absolutism that seems now to be out of step with our times. It's not that people don't believe in the first amendment -- polls show that most do and pretty much everyone I know would say they do -- it's more that people will no longer rank it as the highest value as issues of safety and social equality have taken new precedence in our discourse.
Is Freedom of Speech Still Our Highest Value?
Is Freedom of Speech Still Our Highest Value?
Is Freedom of Speech Still Our Highest Value?
I grew up with and have long practiced a kind of first amendment absolutism that seems now to be out of step with our times. It's not that people don't believe in the first amendment -- polls show that most do and pretty much everyone I know would say they do -- it's more that people will no longer rank it as the highest value as issues of safety and social equality have taken new precedence in our discourse.