Title: Why is free speech important? What are the consequences of restricting speech? What are the exceptions, and why are they exceptions? - Quora
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, works at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Answered May 20, 2015
Originally Answered: Why is free speech important? In one line, free speech is important to bring out new ideas, or reinforce existing ideas. Free speech is the core of a progressive society. A progressive society constantly keeps improving itself. This improvement can come only through new ideas, or reform in previous ones. Let us take two examples, one of the movie Water, and another of M.F. Hussain's nude painting of Goddess Saraswati. Both initiated protests by religious groups, that they hurt their religious sentiments, and therefore should be banned. Let's look at this episode not from either side, but as a whole. All such episodes are v
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In one line, free speech is important to bring out new ideas, or reinforce existing ideas.