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Broken Platforms, Broken Communities? Free Speech On Campus, Stephen Matthew Feldman

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Free speech disputes have broken out on numerous college and university campuses In several incidents protesters have attempted to block the presentations of wellknown and controversial speakers who threaten the communal status of societal outsiders These events have sparked not only widespread media coverage but also the publication of multiple scholarly books and articles None of this scholarship however has recognized that the interrelated histories of free expression and democracy can shed considerable light on these matters This Article takes on that challenge Specifically this Article explores the ramifications of the historical interrelationship between free expression and democracy for campus …