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A university invites a controversial academic to give a lecture. During the event, a group of student protesters use air horns and constant chanting to drown out the academic's voice, making it impossible for the lecture to proceed or for any audience members to hear it. The protesters argue they are using their own free speech to counter what they deem to be harmful ideas.
The protesters' actions, while an exercise of speech, create a situation often described by the term 'heckler's veto,' which poses a problem for free speech by:
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