The origin of Silicon Valley's dysfunctional attitude toward hate speech
There is little or nothing in this agitprop essay that actually undermines or even directly confronts McCarthy&#x27;s original points. There&#x27;s two irreconcilable philosophical positions at play here: either you believe that  there are things - like preventing people from seeing &quot;hurtful&quot; humor - that are more important than freedom of expression, or you believe that freedom of expression is foundational for all other human freedoms. Neither side is ever going to convince the other because they want to live in fundamentally different worlds. If you&#x27;re on the former side, your only option is to silence your opponents; if you&#x27;re on the latter, your only option is to resist being silenced.