Greg. well done again (all these thoughts). You are doing extremely important work. More power to you and thank God for FIRE. Free speech is a simple but radical concept and so many people are losing clarity over it. It is a bedrock of freedom and human progress.
From the opening paragraph, it's clear that the NYT still doesn't understand the idea of acting from principle. It's all too common these days for partisans to assume that all process arguments are insincere and that everyone acts from partisan motivation.
It’s a fine article. As a point of interest, to me, my support for FIRE ended with FIRE’s support for pro-Palestinian demonstrators on campus. The demonstrators do not share FIRE’s distinction between protected speech and action. Incitation is not merely speech, but exhortation to unlawful action. As such, it is not protected. Jewish students have been attacked or physically impeded from attending classes by protestors FIRE seeks to enable.
Just in terms of the Online Harms Act and fascism in Canada there is currently no version of the Bill tabled pending the new government taking a “fresh look” at the legislation. I suspect that we will not see the life imprisonment for hate speech component resurrected…
Greg. well done again (all these thoughts). You are doing extremely important work. More power to you and thank God for FIRE. Free speech is a simple but radical concept and so many people are losing clarity over it. It is a bedrock of freedom and human progress.
From the opening paragraph, it's clear that the NYT still doesn't understand the idea of acting from principle. It's all too common these days for partisans to assume that all process arguments are insincere and that everyone acts from partisan motivation.
It’s a fine article. As a point of interest, to me, my support for FIRE ended with FIRE’s support for pro-Palestinian demonstrators on campus. The demonstrators do not share FIRE’s distinction between protected speech and action. Incitation is not merely speech, but exhortation to unlawful action. As such, it is not protected. Jewish students have been attacked or physically impeded from attending classes by protestors FIRE seeks to enable.
Just in terms of the Online Harms Act and fascism in Canada there is currently no version of the Bill tabled pending the new government taking a “fresh look” at the legislation. I suspect that we will not see the life imprisonment for hate speech component resurrected…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-taking-fresh-look-at-online-harms-bill-says-justice-minister-sean-fraser-1.7573791