Mill also provides that because education is necessary to the progression of liberty, a basic education must be given to all and so the freedom to educate someone else can be allowed. Mill suggests that children should be given standard aptitude tests to acknowledge whatever learning they have received.
Now I will look at examples some might use to argue against the freedom of speech. To some, the case of the Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America poses a flaw in Mill's argument. This case involves a neo-nazi party, which is denied a permit to march in a heavily Jewish town. The party then claims that their constitutional right to free speech has been violated, and the case ends up in the hands of the Supreme Court. The question that must be answered in this case is: If Mill's opinion on the tolerance of free speech allows such a march to continue, doesn"t he defend harmful speech.
In interpreting Mill's work, two answers to this question could be derived. From one point of view, it may be seen that Mill would not protect this type of speech because it would incite violence. At least one Jewish member of the village of Skokie testified that he "does not know if he can control himself should he see a swastika in the village where he lives. Besides this fact, it seems obvious that a parade, which would advocate the hate of certain groups and the malice of the holocaust, carries, in addition to hate, violent remembrances. Another part of this parade, which seems to have been intended to promote violence, is its cultural setting. The party most likely chose Skokie to march in because of its high Jewish population. The intention in this case is not simply to promote a certain opinion but also to promote "a positive instigation to violence" and so this would not be defended by Mill's support of free speech.
The only argument left to be proven in this case is that an opinion, by itself, without any intention of wrongdoing to those to which it is being addressed or to those whom it is about, is not harmful.