Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes argues that those who violate free speech create a 'rod for their own back' because the power to silence others inherently includes the power to be silenced, raising fundamental questions about who should decide what speech is harmful and who should serve as censor.
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Who Decides What Speech is Harmful? #shortsAdded:
All the laws of England having been cut down and flattened, who would protect you then?
Bear in mind, ladies and gentlemen, that every time you violate or propose to violate the free speech of someone else, you in potentia you're making a rod for your own back. Because the other question raised by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is simply this, who's going to decide?
To whom do you award the right to decide which speech is harmful or who is the harmful speaker or to determine in advance what are the harmful consequences going to be that we know enough about in advance to prevent? To whom would you give this job?
To whom are you going to award the task of being the censor?
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