Book contents
- You Can’t Always Say What You Want
- You Can’t Always Say What You Want
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Free Speech, But …
- Chapter 2 Guns and Grammar
- Chapter 3 A Clear and Present Danger
- Chapter 4 Strong Language
- Chapter 5 Threat Level: Orange
- Chapter 6 America’s War on Language
- Chapter 7 Repeat After Me …
- Chapter 8 Will Free Speech Survive?
- Notes
- References
- Cases Cited
- Further Reading
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2023
- You Can’t Always Say What You Want
- You Can’t Always Say What You Want
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Free Speech, But …
- Chapter 2 Guns and Grammar
- Chapter 3 A Clear and Present Danger
- Chapter 4 Strong Language
- Chapter 5 Threat Level: Orange
- Chapter 6 America’s War on Language
- Chapter 7 Repeat After Me …
- Chapter 8 Will Free Speech Survive?
- Notes
- References
- Cases Cited
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
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 WantThe Paradox of Free Speech, pp. 229 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023