Conor Friedersdorf
Circa 2015, I was telling the left that its abandonment of free speech principles was shortsighted. Jelani Cobb, now dean of Columbia journalism school, claimed free speech was a diversion that was distracting from anti-racism. Here's my side in that debate and links to his: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/race-and-the-anti-free-speech-diversion/415254/?gift=JVBFw4prAGLDDaC8P3DrSWDxNxdjJTUHkOaB7ZjtJOc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharehttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/race-and-the-anti-free-speech-diversion/415254/?gift=JVBFw4prAGLDDaC8P3DrSWDxNxdjJTUHkOaB7ZjtJOc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share