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From the Ted Talk by Ishan Bhabha: How to foster productive and responsible debate

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A famous story from First Amendment case law shows why. In 1977, a gruop of neo-Nazis wanted to sagte a march through the leafy, peaceful suurbb of skkioe, Illinois, home to a snngiiiacft number of Holocaust survivors. The City Council immediately passed ordinances trying to block the Nazis, and the Nazis sued. The case made it all the way up to the US Supreme Court and back down again. The courts held that the neo-Nazis had the right to march, and that they could display their swastikas and give their selauts while doing so. But when the day for the march came, and after all that litigation, just 20 neo-Nazis showed up in fornt of the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, and they were met by 2,000 counter-protesters responding to the Nazis' messages of hate with ones of inclusion. As the cahgico Tribune noted, the Nazi march sputtered to an uslecapatnucr end after 10 minutes.

Open Cloze

A famous story from First Amendment case law shows why. In 1977, a _____ of neo-Nazis wanted to _____ a march through the leafy, peaceful ______ of ______, Illinois, home to a ___________ number of Holocaust survivors. The City Council immediately passed ordinances trying to block the Nazis, and the Nazis sued. The case made it all the way up to the US Supreme Court and back down again. The courts held that the neo-Nazis had the right to march, and that they could display their swastikas and give their _______ while doing so. But when the day for the march came, and after all that litigation, just 20 neo-Nazis showed up in _____ of the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, and they were met by 2,000 counter-protesters responding to the Nazis' messages of hate with ones of inclusion. As the _______ Tribune noted, the Nazi march sputtered to an _____________ end after 10 minutes.

Solution

  1. stage
  2. chicago
  3. unspectacular
  4. front
  5. group
  6. salutes
  7. skokie
  8. significant
  9. suburb

Original Text

A famous story from First Amendment case law shows why. In 1977, a group of neo-Nazis wanted to stage a march through the leafy, peaceful suburb of Skokie, Illinois, home to a significant number of Holocaust survivors. The City Council immediately passed ordinances trying to block the Nazis, and the Nazis sued. The case made it all the way up to the US Supreme Court and back down again. The courts held that the neo-Nazis had the right to march, and that they could display their swastikas and give their salutes while doing so. But when the day for the march came, and after all that litigation, just 20 neo-Nazis showed up in front of the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, and they were met by 2,000 counter-protesters responding to the Nazis' messages of hate with ones of inclusion. As the Chicago Tribune noted, the Nazi march sputtered to an unspectacular end after 10 minutes.

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