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But in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone
can spread offensive views around the world with
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a click of a button, the notion that we can control
the flow of information is obsolete. The question,
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then, is how do we respond? And on this we must agree:
There is no speech that justifies mindless violence.
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There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents.
There's no video that justifies an attack on an embassy.
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There's no slander that provides an excuse for people to
burn a restaurant in Lebanon, or destroy a school in Tunis,
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or cause death and destruction in Pakistan.
In this modern world with modern technologies,
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for us to respond in that way to hateful speech empowers
any individual who engages in such speech to create
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chaos around the world. We empower the
worst of us if that’s how we respond.