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The American Left used to champion free expression. We were lectured --
correctly -- that the price of being repulsed by occasional crude talk and
art was worth paying. Only that way could Americans ensure our daily right
to criticize those with greater power and influence whom we found wrong
and objectionable.
When 1950s comedian Lenny Bruce titillated his audiences with the F-word and crude sex talk, liberals came to his defense. They reminded us that vulgar speech is not a crime: The First Amendment was not just designed to protect uplifting expression, but also rarer blasphemous and indecent...
Left Wants Multiculturalism to Trump Free Speech