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Argues that hate speech restrictions are not only dangerous, but counterproductive. Acknowledging the legitimacy of concerns that prompt speech codes and combining support for civil liberties with a concern for civil rights issues, this title demonstrates that it is difficult, to draw the line between unprotected insults and protected ideas.

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"A powerful collection of essays challenging the advocates of curbing speech in order to promote equality. Most impressively, these writers make their case not through name-calling, but by taking them seriously, and dissecting, opposing arguments and acknowledging complexities, and by invoking informed common sense in bracing prose." -- Gerald Gunther,author of The Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge
"A thoughtful book that offers significant insights on the potential perils of imposing restraints in the traditional First Amendment rights." -- A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

Speaking of Race Speaking of Sex Hate Speech

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    A Paperback / softback by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Anthony P. Griffin, Donald E. Lively

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      Publisher New York University Press
      Published 1 October 1996
      ISBN-13 9780814730904
      978-0814730904
      ISBN-10 0814730906
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      Law: Human rights and civil liberties

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Argues that hate speech restrictions are not only dangerous, but counterproductive. Acknowledging the legitimacy of concerns that prompt speech codes and combining support for civil liberties with a concern for civil rights issues, this title demonstrates that it is difficult, to draw the line between unprotected insults and protected ideas.

      Trade Review
      "A powerful collection of essays challenging the advocates of curbing speech in order to promote equality. Most impressively, these writers make their case not through name-calling, but by taking them seriously, and dissecting, opposing arguments and acknowledging complexities, and by invoking informed common sense in bracing prose." -- Gerald Gunther,author of The Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge
      "A thoughtful book that offers significant insights on the potential perils of imposing restraints in the traditional First Amendment rights." -- A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

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