How to Defend Free Speech

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In this episode of New Ideal, Agustina Vergara Cid interviews Gregory Salmieri about his essay “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life.”

Among the topics covered:

• What free speech is and why a defense of it is needed;
• How to respond to acts of de-platforming and cancellation;
• Why the right to free speech is absolute;
• How public education violates free speech;
• Non-governmental violations of free speech;
• The difference between thought and action;
• When protests and civil disobedience are justified;
• How to promote a culture of free speech.

Mentioned in this podcast are Gregory Salmieri’s essay “Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life” and Tara Smith’s book The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom.

The episode was released on September 18, 2024. Watch archived podcasts here.