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> What if we changed our thinking from removing/flagging bad content to fostering rich discourse?

"The answer to bad speech is more speech."

Brilliant people who have said this or some trivial variation thereof:

  - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis:
    https://prospect.org/culture/remedy-speech/
  - U.S. President Barack Obama
    https://www.answers.com/Q/Who_said_answer_bad_speech_with_more_speech
  - Penn Jillette
    https://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/why-the-solution-to-bad-speech-is-always-more-speech
  - Google CEO (then) Eric Schmidt
    https://www.news18.com/news/india/the-answer-to-bad-speech-is-more-speech-googles-eric-schmidt-598251.html
Lots of people who want to suppress speech they don't like then respond that this is not enough. E.g., https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/9sel59/cmv_th...


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