On the Talk "What Europe Can Teach The United States on Free Speech" Cato Institute

On 4/18/18 I attended a conversation on free speech given at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC between Jacob Mchangama representing the European expert on the topic and Professor Miller, the American viewpoint.  I talked with Chuck at Mariam's Kitchen pertaining to some points made; and I've included others, too, in the below.


From the European standpoint, free speech must be protected as a fundamental source of the manifold kinds of freedoms and as a bastion against violence and oppression from groups fostering hatred toward ones they would oppress.  The various governments of the EU must maintain a vigilance against the rise of demonstrations and proliferation of incentiary literature condemning the actions and philosophic principles decried by tyrannical groups against their antithetical and ideological foes.  It was noted during the discussion there is a marked erosion of free speech (probably due to each country's homogeneous population).   

The issue of the regulation of free speech raises whether those responsible for creating the social unrest should be held accountable to liability statutes of private law:  Make them pay for the amount of mayhem they have wreaked for the several affected communities to clean up!