Europe's Free-Speech Problem
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Discussion around Europe's approach to free speech and its implications, with some questioning the genuineness of Republican concerns.
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“Hate speech” can be (and usually is) applied to whatever type of speech the people in power want to silence.
The Republican party cares because of the perception that conservatives are being censored. If they don't care about Trump's actions, it is because they haven't been directed against them.
Edit: typo
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