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A professor in my philosophy 101 class made me flip on free speech

She pointed out that my 'all speech is free' stance ignored how threats and harassment actually shut down other people's voices. After she gave the example of a student being shouted down during a campus talk in 2019, I started seeing the difference between debate and intimidation. Has anyone else had a teacher change their whole view on this?
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the_fiona
the_fiona26d ago
Threats made my college cancel a speaker in 2017 and that changed my mind.
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gavins43
gavins4326d ago
Read an essay about the 2017 Berkeley riots that really clarified it for me.
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