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Greg Lukianoff, president of @TheFIREorg, explains how free speech has evolved – from its introduction in the United States Constitution to its prevalence on modern American college campuses. But with cancel culture more relevant than ever, is free speech in danger?
When, if ever, should speech be controlled? When are speech moderators wrong? And when should those in power choose not to speak at all? Lukianoff explains all this and more in this interview with Freethink editor Robert Chapman-Smith.
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About Greg Lukianoff:
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times bestselling author, and president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate, Freedom From Speech, and the FIRE Guide to Free Speech on Campus. Most recently, he co-authored The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting a Generation to Failure with Jonathan Haidt. Most recently, Greg co-authored The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Thratens Us All-But There Exists a Solution with Rikki Schlott. Greg is also executive producer of Can We Take a Joke? (2015), a feature-length documentary that explores the collision between comedy, censorship and outrage culture, both on and off campus, and Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story (2020), an award-winning feature film about the life and career of former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser.
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