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| The slow death of free speech |
| 2014-04-18 |
| Quips Steyn: This is the aging of the dawn of Aquarius: new blasphemy laws for progressive pieties. In the New Statesman, Sarah Ditum seemed befuddled that the 'No Platform' movement — a vigorous effort to deny public platforms to the British National party and the English Defence League — has mysteriously advanced from silencing 'violent fascists' to silencing all kinds of other people, like a Guardian feminist who ventured some insufficiently affirming observations about trans-women and is now unfit for polite society. But, once you get a taste for shutting people up, it's hard to stop. Why bother winning the debate when it's easier to close it down? |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 The slow death of free speech in the US has already started and was signed into law... |
| Posted by: Black Charlie 2014-04-18 12:59 |
| #2 Well, there were too many words in the English language anyhow. Maybe when we get it down to 500 allowable words, we'll communicate better. And grade school test scores would go up! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-04-18 11:28 |
| #1 Why bother winning the debate when itâ€�™s easier to close it down? That is the crux of what is going on now. There is no debate--only political correctness. Next, there will be re-education camps to get your head straight and to get back in line? The left will reap what it sows. Things follow cycles--soon the left will fade into obscurity--it has nothing to offer other than name calling, no freedoms, lies, and shrill diatribes. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-04-18 08:17 |