![]() ![]() ![]() We explicitly acknowledge that “our analysis is not perfect” and highlight the problems with establishing causal relationships between free expression and various outcomes. However, we are considerably more humble about our own conclusions than what Waldron assumes. So Waldron can be forgiven for basing his critical questions on some rather sweeping and specific assumptions about the findings of our study that might have been devastating if we had made such bold claims. Unfortunately, the study mentioned in my lead essay is currently only available in Danish. ![]() And he is quite justified in not just accepting at face value, without further supporting documentation, my claim that free speech tends to lower violence. Not for nothing is Jeremy Waldron known as a rigorous thinker who poses, grapples with, and seeks to answer difficult questions based on critical reflection and nuance. ![]()
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