Defining free speech versus hate speech legally

Original Air Date: 8-25-2017

Today we look at the constant struggle between the freedom to speak and the necessary limits placed on that freedom due to the rights of others to not be substantially harmed by that speech

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: WSJ Reports: ACLU Rethinks Defending Hate Groups Protesting with Guns - Wochit News - Air Date 8-17-17

Ch. 2: ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting With Firearms - MSNBC

Ch. 3: Understanding the line between free speech and hate speech - BackStory - Air Date 8-23-17

Ch. 4: I was a prominent neo-Nazi. Ignoring white extremists is a mistake. - Vox - Air Date 4-14-17

Ch. 5: Nazis Don't Get Free Speech! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 08-22-17

Ch. 6: Understanding who joins Antifa - Trumpcast from @Slate - Air Date 8-18-17

Ch. 7: How Do We Define Hate Speech? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 8-21-17

Ch. 8: Antifa: A Look at the Antifascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 08-16-17

Ch. 9: How not to fall for fascist rhetoric - 1943 US War Department

Voicemails

Ch. 19: Free speech absolutism - Ryan in Minneapolis, MN

Ch. 20: Free speech absolutism is bullshit - Zach from Atlanta, GA

Ch. 21: Railing against free speech would be a gift to the right - Todd from Delaware, OH

Ch. 22: Recommending Chomsky video - Elizabeth from North Carolina

Ch. 23: The Constitution is not a suicide pact - Will from Mississippi

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