The answer is yes, according to Bryan W. Van Norden, a professor of philosophy at Wuhan University in China, as well as Yale-NUS College and Vassar College.

In a recent op-ed he wrote for The New York Times, Norden attempts to make the case that freedom of speech should end where ignorance begins – or at least his private interpretation as to what constitutes ignorance. In this case, Norden sees conservative viewpoints as being ignorant, and wants conservatives not to have a voice when it comes to influencing public opinion.

In Norden's view, only people like himself – the "properly educated," as he puts it – have the capacity to mull through conflicting information and determine what's true and what's false. Because of this, conservatives who present information that he believes is false shouldn't be allowed to do so any longer because there are apparently too many "improperly" educated people in the world that might fall for it.