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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2023

Dennis Baron
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Today three forces threaten to limit speech. The first pits guns against words, creating a showdown between the Second Amendment and the First. The second sees powerful speakers invoking their right to speak in order to silence other people’s speech. Third, and perhaps the most subtle, the monitoring of our digital speech by government and business chills our ability to say what we want online. Free speech will survive provided we remain vigilant in defending the speech rights of the minority against what has been called the tyranny of the majority.

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You Can't Always Say What You Want
The Paradox of Free Speech
, pp. 229 - 250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Dennis Baron, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: You Can't Always Say What You Want
  • Online publication: 12 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198882.010
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  • Dennis Baron, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: You Can't Always Say What You Want
  • Online publication: 12 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198882.010
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  • Notes
  • Dennis Baron, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: You Can't Always Say What You Want
  • Online publication: 12 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198882.010
Available formats
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