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Some ideas are best suppressed, by society if not government. Don’t think so? Examples are easy for everyone to find.



Yes, the most important one is the idea that censorship is ok.


We don’t need government to censor Al-Quaida or Aryan Brotherhood recruiting, or the mountain of abuse that a bully will apply to a 4-grade target, but I’ll censor them myself if they show up in my house or my kid’s school. Will you struggle to defend their wide spread?

But I think we agree, let society handle the taboos and morals, not government. Though that means outright falsehoods might have standing as protected speech. Hope we’re not saying libel is protected?




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