![]() This was, indeed, a hugely important development, and the First Amendment has, with time, served as a crucial bulwark of American liberty, democracy, and - much belatedly - equality. ![]() Ratified in 1791, the First Amendment offers only protection against government restrictions of free speech. ![]() In addition to ideological partisanship, the disagreement about the state of free speech reveals that many Americans have a reductionist and parochial understanding of this freedom, which they view as being identical to the First Amendment. The history of free speech suggests that the Times has a point and that its critics view this freedom through a too-narrow lens. This piece is available in audio format on our podcast, “ Heterodox Out Loud: the best of the HxA blog.” Narration begins at 1:30.ĭoes America have a free speech problem? Yes, according to the New York Times’ editorial board no, according to furious critics in the media and on Twitter. ![]()
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