Where is Voltaire where you need him?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
(And yes, I am aware he didn't say these exact words himself.)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
(And yes, I am aware he didn't say these exact words himself.)
“Though all winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple, who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.”
If I am on e.g. a technical list or attend a conference, I'd expect discussions about the subject-matter and offbeat comments about gender, race, or whatever.
Apparently it's a phrase from a biography of Voltaire by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.