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The thought we hate; A troubling victory for abortion clinics.(NEWS)
From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 19990207
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Freedom for the thought we hate, as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. so memorably suggested, is the true test of a society's devotion to free speech. Holmes was a jurist who wrote with great care, and in choosing the word "hate" he declined to draw his line at expression that might be deemed dangerous, repellent, painful or foul. He drew it firmly at the outer limit, embracing even speech so offensive it inflames objection into hatred.
This principle came instantly to mind with the news from Portland, Ore., where some of the most hateful material imaginable has recently been on ...
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