“If you seek the removal of freedoms from an opponent simply on the grounds that they have offended you, you have crossed the line to stand alongside tyrants who imprison, torture and kill on exactly the same justification.”

JK Rowling was right: free speech is for everyone, not just your friends | Andrew Solomon

We need to welcome dissent, because we grow from it. If you have to silence the other side, your own arguments can't be very strong

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