Trigger Warning
Concise and Abridged Edition
Do we really have the right to say the āwrongā thing?
āI strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurdā Guardian
In a fierce defence of free speech ā in all its forms ā Mick Humeās blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming āJe suis Charlieā. But it wasnāt long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the āwrongā opinion. But the basic right being suppressed ā to be offensive, despite the problems it creates ā is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.
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Trigger Warning
Concise and Abridged Edition
Do we really have the right to say the āwrongā thing?
āI strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurdā Guardian
In a fierce defence of free speech ā in all its forms ā Mick Humeās blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming āJe suis Charlieā. But it wasnāt long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the āwrongā opinion. But the basic right being suppressed ā to be offensive, despite the problems it creates ā is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.
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Concise and Abridged Edition
Do we really have the right to say the āwrongā thing?
āI strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurdā Guardian
In a fierce defence of free speech ā in all its forms ā Mick Humeās blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming āJe suis Charlieā. But it wasnāt long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the āwrongā opinion. But the basic right being suppressed ā to be offensive, despite the problems it creates ā is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.
