Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Your approach is refreshingly reminiscent of something Louis Brandeis said.

Fri Aug 12, 2022, 07:20 AM

Aug 2022

I was going to say "shockingly reminiscent," but DU's sarcasm meter seems to have malfunctioned this morning.

Brandeis established it in his classic concurring opinion in Whitney v. California (1927), when he wrote: “If there be time to expose through discussion, the falsehoods and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”

Counterspeech Doctrine

Justice Louis D. Brandeis established the counterspeech doctrine in a landmark case in 1927, reasoning that "if there be time to expose through discussion, the falsehoods and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." This preferred solution continues to be relevant today with concerns over false information on the internet and on social media. The Supreme Court referenced this reasoning in 2012 when the Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited false speech about military honors. (Photo, public domain)

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This type of censorship just gives the expressed ideas more power exboyfil Aug 2022 #1

Your approach is refreshingly reminiscent of something Louis Brandeis said. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #2

+++ quaint Aug 2022 #3