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Reason
Reason
Politics
Eugene Volokh

"Don't Cut the Rattle Off of the Rattlesnake—the Silence Is More Dangerous to You than to the Snake"

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I actually follow Justice Holmes in recognizing the potential benefits of speech restrictions. Among other things, while it's hard to estimate the likely consequences of any particular statement going forward, looking backward we can see that virtually every ideological crime (whether committed by a solo offender, a group, or a government) stemmed in part from some sort of political or religious speech. If only we could prevent that, without causing all sorts of other problems ….

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