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I agree with your post as well. The lines are difficult to draw. But that’s what life is. We exercise judgment.

If a man tells a woman on a first date that she’s asking for sex because she’s wearing revealing clothes, should the response be “I’ll defend to the death your right to say that?” It sounds like you would concede that the woman has the prerogative to get up and leave, but is any further action acceptable in your view?  Is it wrong for her to warn her friends about the man?  Is it wrong for her to post negative comments about him online? If he someday is in the position of applying for a job where she’ll be his boss, should she have to overlook his speech and hire him if he has the best professional qualifications?I’d say his speech has consequences and all those consequences are fair game. Maybe the woman should avoid the literal act of “shouting him down,” but the fair consequences seem much worse.

Maybe this is another example that’s extreme. You’re talking about speech that’s more personal preference than personal affront. We probably all should draw our lines a little more flexibly, but we’re still entitled to those lines. And I stand by my view that I would not want to attend a college that’s at the top of the “free speech” rankings.

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I agree with your post as well. The lines are difficult to draw. But that’s what life is. We exercise judgment.

If a man tells a woman on a first date that she’s asking for sex because she’s wearing revealing clothes, should the response be “I’ll defend to the death your right to say that?” It sounds like you would concede that the woman has the prerogative to get up and leave, but is any further action acceptable in your view?  Is it wrong for her to warn her friends about the man?  Is it wrong for her to post negative comments about him online? If he someday is in the position of applying for a job where she’ll be his boss, should she have to overlook his speech and hire him if he has the best professional qualifications?I’d say his speech has consequences and all those consequences are fair game. Maybe the woman should avoid the literal act of “shouting him down,” but the fair consequences seem much worse.

Maybe this is another example that’s extreme. You’re talking about speech that’s more personal preference than personal affront. We probably all should draw our lines a little more flexibly, but we’re still entitled to those lines. And I stand by my view that I would not want to attend a college that’s at the top of the “free speech” rankings.