QUESTION TYPE: Paradox
CONCLUSION: Free Speech can inhibit free speech
REASONING: Some people will go silent when others are allowed to express their views.
ANALYSIS: Have you ever been uncomfortable in a conversation, but not voiced disagreement? Then you have proven this conclusion true.
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- CORRECT. This provides a reason why free speech might cause some others to become silent.
- This doesn’t establish that people will refrain from speaking. Maybe they will speak out against the views they find offensive.
- The stimulus doesn’t talk about offensive speech, pain, or whether we should restrict free speech. They were making a factual observation.
- This is a rhetorical attack used to attack the conclusion. It definitely doesn’t explain it.
- This gives us an example of free speech leading to more speech: the opposite of the conclusion.
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