Thank you,

,

Chris Best

, and

Jairaj Sethi

for persevering in your courageous commitment to free speech! That is the primary reason I chose Substack when I joined in April 2021, and it is one of many reasons I remain so passionate about this platform.

As the epitaph to “What Noam Chomsky Can Teach Us About Freedom of Speech” reads:

“If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re in favor of freedom of speech, that means you’re in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of freedom of speech.”

—Noam Chomsky