"and then being able to express that in narratives about yourself with others in the world. And again, that also requires resources of expression, right? So there's that layer, which means that it's not simply the absence of constraints around your expression and around your thinking, but actually having frameworks that activate you expressing yourself in the world. So that's one element of free expression or free speech, or however you want to call it."
"Having people, institutions, frameworks that are actively also listening, engaging, recognizing you as a legitimate voice in the world. And I think these two have to come together in any kind of broad conception of free speech, which entangles you then in a kind of ethical relationship that you have to listen to others as well, right? It becomes a mutual responsibility from you towards the other, towards the world, and for the world towards you."
Free expression requires material and intellectual resources to think about the world, translate understanding into analysis, and express those understandings as narratives. Expression also requires frameworks and platforms that enable and activate speaking. Equally important are people, institutions, and mechanisms that actively listen, engage, and recognize voices as legitimate. A broad conception of free speech combines both the capacity to speak and the capacity to be heard, creating an ethical, mutual responsibility to listen to others. Access to resources, platforms, and recognition are necessary components of meaningful free expression.
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