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Survey: Is there such a thing as too much free speech?

Campus protesters have called for some speakers to be blocked from speaking at university events. A well-known philosophical riposte is "but speech should be free".

A more contemporary response — investigated by RN's Philosopher's Zone this week — holds that some speech should be blocked on the grounds that it undermines democratic values.

But we want to hear from you: where do you think the boundaries lie? How should universities respond to these protests?

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