It is written by the sage Brandeis that “the remedy [to harmful speech] is more speech, not enforced silence.”
In order for this remedy to be applied, someone has to actually compose the “more speech” that rebuts the harmful speech. This paper appears to be a set of recommendations for how to go about doing that; crafting “more speech” so that it actually constitutes an effective and relevant rebuttal against speech that advocates violence. I didn’t notice anything in this paper that recommended suppression or censorship, or even that those were up for consideration.
(Also, it’s really okay to not like genocide; for “let’s massacre the tribe next door!” to be among the “views you don’t like”. As it is written by the rhetor Goldwater: “moderation in the protection of liberty is no virtue.”)
I’d upvote this five times if I could—but I suspect the reason we’re all hung up on the title is that nobody but you actually has read the paper before commenting. Which is a perfect little example of how people often get sucked into a debate about terminology and end up neglecting the actual subject.
It is written by the sage Brandeis that “the remedy [to harmful speech] is more speech, not enforced silence.”
In order for this remedy to be applied, someone has to actually compose the “more speech” that rebuts the harmful speech. This paper appears to be a set of recommendations for how to go about doing that; crafting “more speech” so that it actually constitutes an effective and relevant rebuttal against speech that advocates violence. I didn’t notice anything in this paper that recommended suppression or censorship, or even that those were up for consideration.
(Also, it’s really okay to not like genocide; for “let’s massacre the tribe next door!” to be among the “views you don’t like”. As it is written by the rhetor Goldwater: “moderation in the protection of liberty is no virtue.”)
I’d upvote this five times if I could—but I suspect the reason we’re all hung up on the title is that nobody but you actually has read the paper before commenting. Which is a perfect little example of how people often get sucked into a debate about terminology and end up neglecting the actual subject.