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Eternally Radical Idea
What is the Eternally Radical Idea? It is freedom of speech. The unfettered right to state your opinion is extremely rare in human history. Your right to promote reform, contradict prevailing orthodoxies, or engage in artistic and personal expression is even rarer.
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'Coddling of the American Mind' Official Afterword
Bestselling authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote an afterword for The Coddling of the American Mind in the summer of 2021 to be added to a second edition of the book in 2022, but it grew so long that it would have substantially raised the page-count and cost of the book. Instead, the afterword is available on FIRE's website.
More 'Coddling'
FIRE president Greg Lukianoff wins Hefner Foundation award for “The Coddling of the American Mind”
‘Coddling of the American Mind’ Wins David Brooks’ ‘Sidney Award’
Professor Investigated for Discussing Conflicting Viewpoints, 'The Coddling of The American Mind'
So to Speak podcast: ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’
Free Speech FAQ
Answers to bad arguments against free speech, by Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff.
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.
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