A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’
- Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
Has it become perilous to exercise free speech in the U.S.?nadia_bormotova/iStock Getty ImagesThe question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.
There’s a certain school of thought that says no. Persuasion is too perilous.
I call this way...