Opinion

Salman Rushdie’s Stabbing Shows the Danger of Conflating Words With ‘Violence’

THIS IS CIVILIZATION

The shocking attack on the celebrated author, who has lived under a death sentence for decades, reminds us that free speech isn’t violence—it’s our only hope to avoid it.

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