I really observe Justice Holmes in recognizing the potential advantages of speech restrictions. Among different issues, whereas it is exhausting to estimate the probably penalties of any specific assertion going ahead, wanting backward we will see that nearly each ideological crime (whether or not dedicated by a solo offender, a gaggle, or a authorities) stemmed partly from some kind of political or non secular speech. If solely we might forestall that, with out inflicting all types of different issues ….
My view, although, is that on steadiness makes an attempt to limit the expression of unhealthy views typically do extra hurt than good; and the quote within the title expresses effectively one of many many types of such hurt. (The earliest use of the quote I discovered is from 2018, by Robert Graboyes, although I seen it due to this extra recent put up of his.)