Free Speech for Whom?
Elon Musk claims to be a “free speech absolutist.” But Twitter’s new owner may already be recognizing the need to distinguish between speech that appeals to reason and evidence, or seeks to broaden our empathy and understanding, in an effort to persuade us, and speech that seeks to vilify others and stir up hatred against them.
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PRINCETON – How is it that a man who has banned 83 million people from Twitter can freely use the platform to post his messages denigrating women and supporting the brutal attack on the writer Salman Rushdie? I’m referring to the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose government is killing young women who want to be able to show their hair in public.