#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech
Greg Lukianoff is a free speech advocate, first-amendment attorney, president of FIRE – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and a new book The Canceling of the American Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Policygenius: [https://www.policygenius.com/] (https://www.policygenius.com/) – Babbel: [https://babbel.com/lexpod] (https://babbel.com/lexpod) and use code Lexpod to get 55% off – BetterHelp: [https://betterhelp.com/lex] (https://betterhelp.com/lex) to get 10% off – InsideTracker: [https://insidetracker.com/lex] (https://insidetracker.com/lex) to get 20% off – ExpressVPN: [https://expressvpn.com/lexpod] (https://expressvpn.com/lexpod) to get 3 months free
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OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (10:49) – Cancel culture & freedom of speech (25:21) – Left-wing vs right-wing cancel culture (34:06) – Religion (36:46) – College rankings by freedom of speech (42:54) – Deplatforming (57:29) – Whataboutism (1:02:32) – Steelmanning (1:10:08) – How the left argues (1:20:48) – Diversity, equity, and inclusion (1:32:39) – Why colleges lean left (1:40:17) – How the right argues (1:44:52) – Hate speech (1:53:39) – Platforming (2:03:10) – Social media (2:24:17) – Depression (2:35:48) – Hope
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