I'm glad Helen is saying this.
https://twitter.com/LeonieHilliard/status/1353094785955934210
I'll note that her ongoing confusion about the concept of free speech is concerning. Nobody is limiting James Lindsay's right to speech. What is at stake in this case is how wrong and harmful his speech is. I hope she recognizes that. That is the point I hope she's making.
I'm not glad that she's deflecting from the point that she can't condone his views anymore. She does so by implying his right to speech has been limited (it hasn't) and that her help is needed to protect it.
If Helen recognizes that #JamesLindsay's speech is wrong and harmful, she should speak out against that.
She should not retreat into a false free speech blanket.
She should not retreat into a false free speech blanket.
Speaking out when a friend or collaborator makes harmful or wrong claims in public is also not an act of denunciation. If #JamesLindsay says something wrong or harmful, Helen should say that that is what it is. There's nothing denunciatory in it.
Someone who professes so ardently to be a life-long believer in liberalism should not be confused about these points: when someone's speech is harmful or wrong, it needs to be countered even or especially by his friends and collaborators; doing so is not a denunciation.
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