@article {Shackel316, author = {Nicholas Shackel}, title = {The fragility of freedom of speech}, volume = {39}, number = {5}, pages = {316--316}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2012-100628}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {Freedom of speech is a fundamental liberty that imposes a stringent duty of tolerance. Tolerance is limited by direct incitements to violence. False notions and bad laws on speech have obscured our view of this freedom. Hence, perhaps, the self-righteous intolerance, incitements and threats in response to Giubilini and Minerva. Those who disagree have the right to argue back but their attempts to shut us up are morally wrong.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/316}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/316.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }