Conclusion

I have briefly surveyed the most popular theories that purport to justify a human right of freedom of expression. To the extent they justify freedom of expression at all, either they justify narrow, retail rights that will vary over time and space; they do not fit our intuitions about freedom of expression; they are vague and indeterminate; or they cannot distinguish expression from conduct generally. I conclude that we do not have in hand a tenable general theory of freedom of expression.^[284]

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