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What does it mean?
Liberty fundamentally includes the right to say things others do not want to hear.
In plain terms
Freedom means speaking even when people hate it.
What can you take from it?
Protect free speech even when it is unpopular.

Where it applies

  • defending free expression
  • confronting uncomfortable ideas

Putting it to work

  • advocating for speech rights
  • listening to dissent

Questions to consider

  • What defines harmful speech?
  • Do we have a duty to listen?

Another view

Some speech may cause real harm.

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