Steven Pinker defends free speech

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Can't disagree with you, Mequa.

There can be acceptable limits on free speech such as what you outline above. Perhaps a small centre of disagreement would be on the prejudice side of things where I'm a firm advocate of exposing extremism and prejudice through allowing it to have a platform to voice itself, and giving equal freedom to the people who wish to ridicule, reject and critique it.

I recognize however that this would only really work in a society where the majority thought that racism etc were unacceptable and deserved to be called out. Complicated issue no doubt.