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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

Anthony Lewis

Why can Americans say almost anything, when the First Amendment alone did not protect critics for over a century?

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Author
Anthony Lewis

Why read it

  • You will see that written rights mean little until judges and the public come to understand them
  • You will test your commitment to free speech against a case where the speaker is someone you despise
  • You will understand why secrecy and repression breed fear while openness can build confidence

Who it is for

  • Citizens arguing about hate speech and censorship
  • Journalists weighing what they may publish
  • Students of constitutional law

Contents

  1. Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. Beginnings
  4. “Odious or Contemptible”
  5. “As All Life Is an Experiment”
  6. Defining Freedom
  7. Freedom and Privacy
  8. A Press Privilege?
  9. Fear Itself
  10. “Another’s Lyric”
  11. “Vagabonds and Outlaws”
  12. Thoughts That We Hate
  13. Balancing Interests
  14. Freedom of Thought
  15. TABLE OF CASES
  16. Basic Ideas

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