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Ten arguments for – and against – ‘no-platforming’ by Professor Eric Heinze

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Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), sets out the flaws in the commonly heard arguments for no-platforming in an article for the website Free Speech Debate. “Which works best then — categorical exclusion or argument and persuasion? As part of a broader examination of provocative speech, I would propose a series of arguments for, but matched with stronger arguments against, censoring speakers,” he writes.

 

 

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