Free Speech Isn’t Dangerous, but Minimizing It Is

A piece published late last week in the New York Times argues that our free-speech rights are literally endangering us -- but the truth is, they keep us safe.In a piece titled “Free Speech Is Killing Us,” Andrew Marantz argues that “noxious speech is causing tangible harm,” using tragedies such as Heather Heyer’s murder in Charlottesville, the massacre at the Walmart in El Paso, and the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, as evidence of this. Marantz then declar