What Greg Lukianoff thinks about censorship
American free-speech lawyer and author; president and later CEO of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind (2018) and The Canceling of the American Mind (2023).
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Greg Lukianoff has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our reading"The other side is bad too" is no answer to the Trump administration's use of power against speech.
Their wordsThis was true in Trump’s first term. It is true now. Saying so does not require anyone to pretend the left has been wonderful on free speech. I have written entire books arguing the opposite. But “the other side is bad too” is not a constitutional argument. It is a coping mechanism.
↗Kimmel and Comey: If it looks like an attempt to chill speech by Trump, it probably iseternallyradicalidea.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsBut there’s a dark twist. In much of Europe and the UK, we’ve now used that expanding circle logic to shrink the circle of free speech. We say, “To show compassion for vulnerable groups, we must criminalize speech that offends them. It’s not really censorship if we do it to protect people.”
↗The situation for free speech in Europe is even worse than I thoughteternallyradicalidea.com