Suppressing unpopular speech also silences the unconventional ideas society needs

Evidence

Froman (2007) went on to describe the costs to society of silencing those it does not want to hear, citing Pasteur and Einstein as examples: … In an open marketplace of ideas, you’re always going to have a few crazy ideas, but by opening the door wide enough to allow those in, you also open the door to brilliant, world-changing ideas, from people like Louis Pasteur and Albert Einstein, both of whom were ridiculed at first by their professional colleagues for their uncommon views. The fact is, by seeking to silence those it doesn’t want to hear, society is also silencing those it needs to hear. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1067

Categorization

• XREF: The marketplace-of-ideas framing echoes Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ and connects to the reader’s media/communication theory reading list. — connects to: The Institute suppressed overt politics in favor of indirect critical presentation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 539; People voice political opinions privately but suppress them in group settings.; Avoiding public-spirited speech denies citizens practice in public-spirited thinking. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1718 (+2 more)