It shouldn’t be hard to agree that the highest purpose of the First Amendment is to protect speech we like the least — speech we are sure is pernicious, bigoted, obscene or potentially harmful to health.

Thus spaketh Bret Stephens, conservative opinion writer for the New York Times.

Can we also agree that another “high purpose” of the First Amendment is to defend speech that is true?

(“Speech We Loathe Is Speech We Must Defend,” New York Times, 7-11-23)

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