Anxieties about the erosion of freedom of expression, that touchstone of democracy, have surfaced across the political spectrum – from the no-platforming of certain speakers by students’ unions in UK universities to the deadly serious consequences of standing up against religious forces internationally. But all of it is animated by underlying concerns about: power and privilege; the inflated notion of offence; the limits to freedom of speech; state imposed versus peer imposed limits; what constitutes acceptable protest; and, less discussed …
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