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Changing Counterspeech, G.S. Hans
Changing Counterspeech, G.S. Hans
Cleveland State Law Review
A cornerstone of First Amendment doctrine is that counterspeech — speech that responds to speech, including disfavored, unpopular, or offensive speech — is preferable to government censorship or speech regulation. The counterspeech doctrine is often invoked to justify overturning or limiting legislation, regulation, or other government action. Counterspeech forms part of the rationale for the "marketplace of ideas" that the First Amendment is arguably designed to promote. Yet critics assert that counterspeech is hardly an effective remedy for the harms caused by "hate speech" and other offensive words that are expressed in American society, given the realities of how speech …
Stanley Fish, The First, And The Life Of The Law, Samuel A. Terilli, Jr.
Stanley Fish, The First, And The Life Of The Law, Samuel A. Terilli, Jr.
FIU Law Review
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