Speech mobs are pitting neighbor against neighbor

By Beverly Hallberg

Published June 4, 2020 4:43pm ET

Speech mobs are pitting neighbor against neighbor — We’re a nation divided that’s talking at each other and not with each other. The pandemic, coupled with the violent riots, lit on fire what’s been simmering for years — the ideology that speech is dangerous. Instead of productive debate with complexity and nuance, speech mobs have the power to label it violent and shut […]

We’re a nation divided that’s talking at each other and not with each other.

The pandemic, coupled with the violent riots, lit on fire what’s been simmering for years — the ideology that speech is dangerous. Instead of productive debate with complexity and nuance, speech mobs have the power to label it violent and shut it down.