Freedom of expression is in the spotlight. It provokes an abundance of exegesis. She readily lends herself to the great essay. Thesis: freedom of expression is a common good of democracies. Antithesis: insult, defamation, incitement to violence form an objective limit. But, to this limit, some add subjective limits. The appreciation of these limits is in part a matter for the judge. Friends of the limit believe that they are all the more necessary in a society that has become multicultural. Self-censorship is better than the war of words. Friends of liberty shy away from such casuistry. Limiting this freedom - apart from the call to hatred - is to accept social control by such or such a minority: the ultrareligious, who do not want blasphemy; the ultraprogressists,who do not want machismo; the ultra-decolonialists, who do not want “white privilege”.
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