Name: Nine Pro-Censorship Tropes
Uploaded: 2021-05-18T14:00:30+00:00
Duration: 25 min 14 s
Description: The media and the left are increasingly becoming the biggest enemies of free speech and the First Amendment. This video covers nine tropes they like to engage in to justify abridgements of free speech

4 years ago

The media and the left are increasingly becoming the biggest enemies of free speech and the First Amendment. This video covers nine tropes they like to engage in to justify abridgements of free speech, as well as when they're valid and when they aren't.

How To Spot And Critique Censorship Tropes In The Media's Coverage Of Free Speech Controversies https://www.popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias-coverage-of-free-speech-controversies/

The Popehat Report https://popehat.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:47 - How to Spot Censorship Tropes
3:00 - Trope 1: "Hate Speech"
4:50 - Trope 2: "Like shouting 'Fire!' in a crowded theatre"
6:46 - Trope 3: "Not all speech is protected"
8:48 - Trope 4: "Line between free speech and [questioned expression]"
10:35 - Trope 5: "Balancing free speech and [social value]"
12:40 - Trope 6: "This isn't free speech, it's [category]"
13:55 - Trope 7: "Fighting words"
18:57 - Trope 8: "[Professor] explained..."
21:01 - Trope 9: "This speech may be protected for now, but the law is always changing."
22:13 - Conclusion