The Free Speech Distinction that Many People Refuse to Understand

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:November 18, 2022
Post category:Cancel Culture / Censorship / Debate / First Amendment / Free Speech
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I am repeatedly stunned by the number of people, many of them claiming to be politically progressive, who willingly and consciously refuse to recognize this distinction:

I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire

Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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