Individual Liberty and Social Control

protect it without causing harm to it's citizens.
             In Mill's essay, he makes some interesting points which address this question. He suggests that democracies which allow the majority to keep out the voice of a minority group, for our purposes the American Nazi Party, in effect become a tyranny doing much more harm than good. So by limiting or denying the ANP the right to march through Skokie we deny ourselves a "clearer perception of the truth" because we have not heard all sides, we have not allowed all voices to be heard. Mill feels that we need to hear the unpopular opinions and see the offensive demonstrations because when everyone is heard then we truly make qualified opinions for debate. Mi
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