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If compensatory damages in Synder v. Phelps, for example, were limited to the cost of buying equally prominent counterspeech and paying for therapy for the bereaved family members, the total constitutionally allowable compensatory damages in the case might be in the high four or low five figures, instead of multi-millions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Short Essay on Snyder v. Phelps, Part I: The Wisdom of Hustler v. Falwell 2010
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Phelps, for example, were limited to the cost of buying equally prominent counterspeech and paying for therapy for the bereaved family members, the total constitutionally allowable compensatory damages in the case might be in the high four or low five figures, instead of multi-millions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Short Essay on Snyder v. Phelps, Part I: The Wisdom of Hustler v. Falwell 2010
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In context, this is a call for legal punishment, not just for counterspeech or social sanctions.
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Does that mean you agree with EV that urging other countries “to take effective measures ... is a call for legal punishment, not just for counterspeech or social sanctions?”
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Does that mean you agree with EV that urging other countries “to take effective measures ... is a call for legal punishment, not just for counterspeech or social sanctions?”
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In context, this is a call for legal punishment, not just for counterspeech or social sanctions.
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Sometimes such speech might be cureable with counterspeech, but not always.
In which I annoy you once again with the asssertion that I'm a moderate. Ann Althouse 2007
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Given the extremely low efficacy of U.S. counterspeech in this sort of environment, the realistic options may be limited to censorship and anonymous or quasi-anonymous counterspeech in the style of the Lincoln Group.
HongPong.com 2010
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With an audience already thoroughly in the grip of conspiracy theories, open counterspeech may simply be more grist for the conspiratorial mill.
HongPong.com 2010
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Sunstein's suggested responses to conspiracy theories include "some kind of tax, financial or otherwise, on those who disseminate such theories" and "hire credible private parties to engage in counterspeech".
hugovk commented on the word counterspeech
counterspeech, n.
The Guardian, 22 February 2016:
March 1, 2016