If sustained exposure to sophisticated disinformation degrades the very cognitive capacities needed for Millian deliberation, permitting such speech is self-undermining and cannot be justified by appeal to the deliberative process it destroys.
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A way of making decisions or forming beliefs through open discussion and debate, named after philosopher John Stuart Mill, who argued this kind of free exchange of ideas helps us find truth.
Self-undermining(in logic and argument)
When an idea or rule contradicts itself or destroys the very thing it's trying to achieve.