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2022: This Year in Blasphemy
The world isn’t safe for blasphemers. That much has long been clear. One incident from this year’s review of blasphemy arrests and attacks will, of…
Dec 14, 2022
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August 2022
Stupid Games, Stupid Prizes
Salman Rushdie and the less known blasphemers
Aug 17, 2022
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January 2022
What is and isn’t said in the NBA
By now you’ve probably watched the video of billionaire and part owner of the Golden State Warriors, Chamath Palihapitiya, explaining just how little he…
Jan 18, 2022
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April 2021
The power — and carelessness — of film
“Everyone had a piece of me. And when everyone in the world thinks they know who you are, you don’t want to be who you are,” Mary Ann Vecchio said in a…
Apr 26, 2021
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December 2020
2020: Another Year of Blasphemy
Last year ended on a dark note for blasphemers. Junaid Hafeez, who spent years in solitary confinement after being arrested for blasphemy in 2013, was…
Dec 13, 2020
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November 2020
Free speech update: Social media censorship and more blasphemy
It’s been a month or so since the last free speech update, so it’s time for another overview of recent free speech news. Social media censorship In just…
Nov 19, 2020
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October 2020
How are we still getting blasphemy so wrong?
In the aftermath of Samuel Paty’s beheading and a violent attack in Nice leaving three dead, there has been plenty of commentary about who is to blame…
Oct 31, 2020
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Free speech update: Another round of blasphemy
Charlie Hebdo (again) Last month I wrote about Charlie Hebdo’s reprinted cartoons and the cycle of justifying violence against people who blaspheme or…
Oct 14, 2020
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September 2020
Free speech update: The good, the bad, and the Charlie
Charlie Hebdo reprints Muhammad cartoons 2020 has brought a lot of unprecedented developments to us all, but there is one thing that definitely isn’t…
Sep 3, 2020
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August 2020
Twitter, more speech, and mobs
Ask the average free speech advocate for the solution to offensive speech, and they’ll likely tell you: more speech. And they’re right. (Though, I think…
Aug 26, 2020
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The NBA, the NFL, and the mixed messages we send about sports and activism
The fundamental problem most people have with free expression is pretty simple: It’s usually far easier to defend, and demand public acceptance for, the…
Aug 4, 2020
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Welcome to The Other Sarah McLaughlin's Newsletter
I write about free expression, dissent, civil liberties, and other topics. All opinions expressed here are my own. You can follow me at @sarahemclaugh…
Aug 3, 2020
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