Even as debates over cancel culture have swept the nation, free speech defenders have disagreed about what, exactly, cancel culture is, and what it means for freedom of speech.

For some of Reason’s past coverage: https://reason.com/tag/cancel-culture/

What better way to deal with questions about free speech than with a debate? @Popehat and @glukianoff debate the resolution: Free speech law is the best defense against cancel culture.

“Everyone's free speech rights are equal before the law. 'There's no right not to be offended' is indisputably true, but so is 'there's no right not to be criticized.' These rights should be equal philosophically, too.” — @Popehat

“We kid ourselves if we believe our legal freedoms will survive if our free speech culture is undermined by the institutions entrusted to educate future citizens, leaders, lawyers, and judges.” — @glukianoff

“More speech is free speech, entitled to the same legal and cultural protection as the speech to which it responds. A philosophy that criticizes one to the exclusion of the other will not convince Americans.” — @Popehat

“I would like more people to return to the idioms of a free society: How about ‘everyone's entitled to their own opinion,’ ‘it's a free country,’ ‘address the argument, not the person,’ and maybe a new one: ‘Even people I hate have to make a living.’" — @glukianoff

Is freedom of speech best upheld by law or culture?

Read more: https://reason.com/2020/08/04/whats-the-best-way-to-protect-free-speech-ken-white-and-greg-lukianoff-debate-cancel-culture/