{"id":148518,"date":"2025-09-23T12:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148518"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:47:50","slug":"the-case-for-free-speech-even-when-its-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148518","title":{"rendered":"The case for free speech (even when it\u2019s harmful)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1yWw530ZXY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending free speech, even for your enemies, is essential for minorities, and for freedom and equality to thrive.\u201d Jacob Mchangama, founder of The Future of Free Speech, explains how free speech has shaped America, from Frederick Douglass fighting slavery to Supreme Court cases protecting voices that promote hate. He argues that today, tech platforms twist our view by promoting extremists for clicks, making it feel like free speech is the problem. But free speech only works if all voices are allowed. According to Mchangama, it is silence that truly damages equality and democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending free speech, even for your enemies, is essential for minorities, and for freedom and equality to thrive.\u201d Jacob Mchangama, founder of The Future of Free Speech, explains how free speech has shaped America, from Frederick Douglass fighting slavery to Supreme Court cases protecting voices that promote hate. He argues that today, tech platforms twist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sounds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-case-for-free-speech-even-wh.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145123,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145123","url_meta":{"origin":148518,"position":0},"title":"Trump\u2019s New Information Empire: The Digital Takeover of America?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"21\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On January 20, 2025, the world watched as Donald Trump was sworn in\u2014again\u2014as the 47th President of the United States. 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