JK Rowling was right: free speech is for everyone, not just your friendsan

We need to welcome dissent, because we grow from it.

If you have to silence the other side, your own arguments can’t be very strong..

Αs the president of PEN America, I was deeply honored to have JK Rowling attend our gala to receive the PEN/Allen Foundation Award for Literary Service.

Rowling gave a brief but exquisite address in which she lauded free speech in the broadest terms, saying, “The tides of populism and nationalism…

Source: JK Rowling was right: free speech is for everyone, not just your friends | Andrew Solomon | Opinion | The Guardian