Free Speech for Me--but Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other
- ISBN-10
- 0060995106
- ISBN-13
- 9780060995102
- Category
- Law / Constitutional
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Author
- Nat Hentoff
Description
Hentoff's timely, fact-filled, and illuminating book describes the current assault on free speech from all points of the political spectrum--even from the traditionally liberal groups now intent on repressing opinions thought "politically incorrect".
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- 1992
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