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DESCRIPTION:The State of Democracy Lecture Series welcomes Jacob Mchangama\
 , a lawyer\, writer and activist in Denmark. He is founder and executive d
 irector of Justitia\, and host of the podcast "Clear and Present Danger: a
  history of free speech."Justitia is Denmark's first judicial think tank a
 iming to promote the rule of law and fundamental human rights and freedom 
 rights\, both within Denmark and abroad. Mchangama's talk will take seriou
 sly the idea\, advanced by many\, that free speech has been “weaponized” b
 y extremists and turned against the very values this freedom was meant to 
 serve\, as witnessed by attack on the Capitol on January 6th which could n
 ot have happened without a campaign of lies and disinformation that went v
 iral on social media. But it will use both historical and contemporary exa
 mples to argue that free speech is still the “Bulwark of Liberty” and the 
 foundation of democracy\, and that using censorship and repression to prot
 ect democracy is a cure worse than the disease.Respondent: Tom Keck\, prof
 essor of political science\, and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional
  Law and PoliticsThis lecture is sponsored by the Campbell Public Affairs 
 Institute and made possible through a generous gift from the Norman M. and
  Marsha Lee Berkman Fund.A reception and book signing will immediately fol
 low the lecture.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:State of Democracy: Is Free Speech Killing Democracy?
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The State of Democracy Lecture Series welco
 mes Jacob Mchangama\, a lawyer\, writer and activist in Denmark. He is fou
 nder and executive director of Justitia\, and host of the podcast "Clear a
 nd Present Danger: a history of free speech."</p><p><span style="backgroun
 d-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align:
  inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: 
 normal\; caret-color: auto">Justitia is Denmark's first judicial think tan
 k aiming to promote the rule of law and fundamental human rights and freed
 om rights\, both within Denmark and abroad. Mchangama's talk will take ser
 iously the idea\, advanced by many\, that free speech has been “weaponized
 ” by extremists and turned against the very values this freedom was meant 
 to serve\, as witnessed by attack on the Capitol on January 6th which coul
 d not have happened without a campaign of lies and disinformation that wen
 t viral on social media. But it will use both historical and contemporary 
 examples to argue that free speech is still the “Bulwark of Liberty” and t
 he foundation of democracy\, and that using censorship and repression to p
 rotect democracy is a cure worse than the disease.</span></p><p><span styl
 e="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\;
  text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; wo
 rd-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto">Respondent: Tom Keck\, professor o
 f political science\, and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law an
 d Politics</span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-fami
 ly: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: i
 nherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto">
 This lecture is sponsored by the Campbell Public Affairs Institute and mad
 e possible through a generous gift from the Norman M. and Marsha Lee Berkm
 an Fund.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family
 : inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inh
 erit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto">A 
 reception and book signing will immediately follow the lecture.&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;</span></p>
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