Mar 7

5 min read

Misunderstandings

No, We’ve Never Had Free Speech

At least not the way you’re defining it

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ~ Inigo Montoya

I’ve viewed so many stories about cancel culture, now I’m swept away in a seething tide of complaints about it…

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