Up Sucker Creek

Up Sucker Creek
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Monday, February 21, 2022

Benefits of Free Speech

 Free Speech 

Use It Or Lose It!


From one of my favorite websites: Foundation for Economic Education

Free Speech Leads to Tolerance and Prosperity

The protection of free speech, including and especially offensive speech, is vitally important to a country's well-being.

J.S. Mill was an early advocate for our current view of free speech. He wrote, “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”


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