published in Harpers Bazar reads: ‘The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.’‘It is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.’ The letter also makes clear that its signatories would welcome ‘robust and even caustic counter speech from all quarters.’‘The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away,’ it states.American journalist Anne Applebaum explained how ‘Twitter Mobs’ are affecting the right to free speech.
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