Is It Too Much To Ask That Politicians Know What They're Talking About?

"But you don't protect hate speech. You don't protect incendiary speech. You're not allowed to scream 'fire' in a crowded theater. There are limitations on speech."

As a lawyer and elected official, she can't be forgiven for the mistaken claim that horrifying crimes overrule free speech rights.

"A key problem with regulating hate speech, as free-speech scholars such as Nadine Strossen have identified, is that it remains difficult, if not impossible, to define exactly what constitutes hate speech. There remains an eye-of-the-beholder phenomenon with hate speech."

Germany, which has set itself up as the poster child for stupid speech restrictions, demonstrated the danger when its NetzDG law against "Hate speech" ensnared comedians.

Eric Adams isn't an economist, but there are more than a few people with such expertise rattling around Wall Street and university economics departments in his city.

It's more than fair to insist that government officials at least consult with people who know what the hell they're talking about before taking potentially ruinous action.

Much of the argument against intrusive and presumptuous government is based on the potential for malice and self-serving in officeholders and the opportunity to do harm that a far-reaching state offers to those who are intolerant of people who think and live differently.

https://reason.com/2022/05/25/is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-politicians-know-what-theyre-talking-about/