Having free speech on a large pulpit like a newspaper is not only a right, but a privilege. If such dangerous assumptions are passed on with credibility lent to it by a large newspaper it shakes the viability of free speech. If free speech is used consistently without diligence it can't continue.
For that reason I think exceptions to free speech MUST be made. Free speech is not a magical blessing. It's a tenuous but ultimately beneficial tenet to a successful society. To protect it outweighs any need for a complete adherence to an ideology.
Shut that newspaper down
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