According to Mill, why does he think liberty requires the government to allow/not censor a Nazi parade or the Westboro Baptist Church -- even though their views are almost universally seen as wicked? Even though the view is false, it should be allowed it because differing opinions (however bad) keep our minds active and our grip on the truth strong. Even though the view is false, no one can be truely offended by speech Even though the view is false, the value of liberty above the pain of people hurt by hateful speech. Even though the view is false, it would be too difficult and wasteful to try to police all the hateful speech made by people in society.

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

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Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

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According to Mill, why does he think liberty requires the government to allow/not censor a Nazi parade or the Westboro Baptist Church -- even though their views are almost universally seen as wicked?

Even though the view is false, it should be allowed it because differing opinions (however bad) keep our minds active and our grip on the truth strong.
Even though the view is false, no one can be truely offended by speech
Even though the view is false, the value of liberty above the pain of people hurt by hateful speech.
Even though the view is false, it would be too difficult and wasteful to try to police all the hateful speech made by people in society.