Speech & media
For each question, what divides the two sides and the best argument of each, without caricature.
- Should a comedian be cancelled over a joke?A comedian makes a joke seen as racist. A venue cancels his show.
- Should public broadcasters be privatised?Public media should be privatised.
- Online hate speech: how to respond?Hateful content is spreading on social media.
- Is the mainstream media too left-wing?The mainstream media are generally too left-wing.
- Can a billionaire buy a newspaper?A billionaire buys a major newspaper.
- For or against a media cordon sanitaire?The media should not give live airtime to the far right (media cordon sanitaire).
- Can a controversial professor be stopped from speaking?Students prevent a lecture by a professor with controversial views.
- Has the "woke" movement gone too far?The so-called "woke" movement goes too far.
- Should public media get more funding?Public funding for the media…
- Should controversial statues be removed?Statues of controversial historical figures (e.g. Leopold II) should be removed.
- Should old offensive tweets be punished?A singer loses an award because of old offensive tweets.
- Should the state fund culture more?The state should fund culture and artists more.
- Should the right to protest be regulated?The right to protest…
- Does political correctness stifle debate?Political correctness prevents frank debate on certain subjects.
- Should advocacy groups get public subsidies?Public subsidies for associations campaigning for a cause, whatever it is…