Exploring Free Speech | Michael Shermer, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, David Aaronovitch, Lowkey and more

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Michael Shermer, Peter Tatchell, Ella Whelan, David Aaronovitch, Lowkey, Rae Langton and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown discuss the need for free speech along with its limits.

00:00-00:37 Introduction
00:38-04:50 David Aaronovitch on the danger of limiting free speech.
04:51-07:14 Michael Shermer on strenghtening your own views by hearing your opponent's.
07:14-09:37 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the impossibility of arguing against deep prejudice and hate.
09:38-14:32 Lowkey on the often ignored cancel culture of the right.
14:33-16:35 Rae Langton on John Stuart Mill's actual opinion on free speech.
16:36-18:42 Ella Whelan on the uncomfortable but necessary need for free speech.
18:43-22:10 Peter Tatchell on free speech and the left.

#FreeSpeech #CancelCulture #JohnStuartMill

Talks and debates in order of appearance:

David Aaronovitch - The right to be offended (2019)
https://iai.tv/video/the-right-to-be-offended-free-speech?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Michael Shermer - Why we need free speech (2021)
https://iai.tv/video/why-we-need-free-speech-michael-shermer?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown - The right to be offended (2019)
https://iai.tv/video/the-right-to-be-offended-free-speech?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Lowkey - Liberty and the left (2021)
https://iai.tv/video/liberty-and-the-left?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Rae Langton - Poisonous speech (2019)
https://iai.tv/video/poisonous-speech?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Ella Whelan - Liberty and the left (2021)
https://iai.tv/video/liberty-and-the-left?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

Peter Tatchell - Free thought (2017)
https://iai.tv/video/free-thought?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=free-speech-highlights

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