The public square is for everyone

Recent advances in communications technology have made it easier than ever for speakers to spread their messages and for listeners to find the content they are after. I emailed the final draft of this column to the NewBostonPost yesterday, and today it might be read by someone on the opposite side of the world on a smartphone. Those same technological advances have, paradoxically, made it easier than ever to ignore unwelcome speech. The half dozen television channels of my youth have been multi

Recent advances in communications technology have made it easier than ever for speakers to spread their messages and for listeners to find the content they are after. I emailed the final draft of this column to the NewBostonPost yesterday, and today it might be read by someone on the opposite side of the world on a smartphone. Those same technological advances have, paradoxically, made it easier than ever to ignore unwelcome speech. The half dozen television channels of my youth have been multi…