The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump Audiobook (Free)

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From celebrated public intellectual and New York Situations bestselling author, Stanley Fish, comes an urgent and sharply observed look at one of the most hotly debated issues of our period: freedom of speech.

So how exactly does the Initial Amendment actually work? Is it a rule or a value? What’s hate speech and should it continually be banned? Are we absolve to declare our religious beliefs in the public square? What function, if any, should about The First: How exactly to Think About Hate Conversation, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump companies like Facebook play in policing the exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions?

With clarity and power, Stanley Fish, “America’s most well-known teacher” (BookPage), explores these complex questions in The First. From your rise of fake news, to the part of tech businesses in monitoring content material (including the Leader’s tweets), to Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protest, First Amendment controversies continue to dominate the news headlines cycle. Across America, university campus administrators are being forced to balance free speech against demands for safe areas and trigger warnings.

Eventually, Fish argues, freedom of speech is a double-edged concept; it frees us from constraints, but it also frees us to say and do horrible items. Urgent and controversial, The First is sure to ruffle feathers, spark dialogue, and shine new light using one of America’s most appreciated—and debated—constitutional rights.