Trigger Warning : Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech? EPUB read
9780008126407 English 0008126402 Concise and Abridged Edition Do we really have the right to say the 'e~wrong'e(tm) thing? 'e~I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd'e(tm) Guardian In a fierce defence of free speech 'e" in all its forms 'e" Mick Hume'e(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'e~Je suis Charlie'e(tm). But it wasn'e(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'e~wrong'e(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'e" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'e" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged Edition Do we really have the right to say the 'ÂeÂ~wrong'ÂeÂ(tm) thing? 'ÂeÂ~I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd'ÂeÂ(tm) Guardian In a fierce defence of free speech 'ÂeÂ" in all its forms 'ÂeÂ" Mick Hume'ÂeÂ(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'ÂeÂ~Je suis Charlie'ÂeÂ(tm). But it wasn'ÂeÂ(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'ÂeÂ~wrong'ÂeÂ(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'ÂeÂ" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'ÂeÂ" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged Edition In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can'e(tm)t-Say-That. In a fierce defence of free speech 'e" in all its forms 'e" Mick Hume'e(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'e~Je suis Charlie'e(tm). But it wasn'e(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'e~wrong'e(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'e" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'e" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged EditionDo we really have the right to say the wrong thing? I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd GuardianIn a fierce defence of free speech in all its forms Mick Hume s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming Je suis Charlie . But it wasn t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the wrong opinion. But the basic right being supressed to be offensive, despite the problems it creates is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.", In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can t-Say-That.The cold-blooded murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in January 2015 brought a deadly focus to the issue of free speech. Leaders of the free-thinking world united in condemning the killings, proclaiming Je suis Charlie . But it wasn t long before many commentators were arguing that the massacre showed the need to apply limits to free speech and to restrict the right to be offensive.It has become fashionable not only to declare yourself offended by what somebody else says, but to use the offence card to demand that they be prevented from saying it. Social media websites such as Twitter have become the scene of twitch hunts where online mobs hunt down trolls and other heretics who express the wrong opinion. And Trigger Warnings and other measures to protect sensitive students from potentially offensive material have spread from American universities across the Atlantic and the internet.Hume argues that without freedom of expression, our other liberties would not be possible. Against the background of the historic fight for free speech, Trigger Warning identifies the new threats facing it today and spells out how unfettered freedom of expression, despite the pain and the problems it entails, remains the most important liberty of all."
9780008126407 English 0008126402 Concise and Abridged Edition Do we really have the right to say the 'e~wrong'e(tm) thing? 'e~I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd'e(tm) Guardian In a fierce defence of free speech 'e" in all its forms 'e" Mick Hume'e(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'e~Je suis Charlie'e(tm). But it wasn'e(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'e~wrong'e(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'e" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'e" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged Edition Do we really have the right to say the 'ÂeÂ~wrong'ÂeÂ(tm) thing? 'ÂeÂ~I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd'ÂeÂ(tm) Guardian In a fierce defence of free speech 'ÂeÂ" in all its forms 'ÂeÂ" Mick Hume'ÂeÂ(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'ÂeÂ~Je suis Charlie'ÂeÂ(tm). But it wasn'ÂeÂ(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'ÂeÂ~wrong'ÂeÂ(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'ÂeÂ" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'ÂeÂ" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged Edition In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can'e(tm)t-Say-That. In a fierce defence of free speech 'e" in all its forms 'e" Mick Hume'e(tm)s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming 'e~Je suis Charlie'e(tm). But it wasn'e(tm)t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the 'e~wrong'e(tm) opinion. But the basic right being supressed 'e" to be offensive, despite the problems it creates 'e" is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible., Concise and Abridged EditionDo we really have the right to say the wrong thing? I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd GuardianIn a fierce defence of free speech in all its forms Mick Hume s blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming Je suis Charlie . But it wasn t long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the wrong opinion. But the basic right being supressed to be offensive, despite the problems it creates is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.", In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can t-Say-That.The cold-blooded murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in January 2015 brought a deadly focus to the issue of free speech. Leaders of the free-thinking world united in condemning the killings, proclaiming Je suis Charlie . But it wasn t long before many commentators were arguing that the massacre showed the need to apply limits to free speech and to restrict the right to be offensive.It has become fashionable not only to declare yourself offended by what somebody else says, but to use the offence card to demand that they be prevented from saying it. Social media websites such as Twitter have become the scene of twitch hunts where online mobs hunt down trolls and other heretics who express the wrong opinion. And Trigger Warnings and other measures to protect sensitive students from potentially offensive material have spread from American universities across the Atlantic and the internet.Hume argues that without freedom of expression, our other liberties would not be possible. Against the background of the historic fight for free speech, Trigger Warning identifies the new threats facing it today and spells out how unfettered freedom of expression, despite the pain and the problems it entails, remains the most important liberty of all."