Sacks argues the Voltaire principle of defending disagreeable speech is foundational to Western liberalism but now challenged.
“Who today is willing to do that? I mean, that was the the idea that led to political liberalization in the West. It's really a unique feature of western democracies and liberalism.”
Sacks argues hate speech has no fixed definition and becomes whatever those in power declare it to be.
“The problem is that there is no definition of hate speech. That's not a category that exists. It's just whatever the people in power say it is.”