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RE: A smart and forward-thinking society respects freedom of speech, especially when it is offensive.

in #censorship8 years ago (edited)
"A generation is currently being raised not to believe in freedom of speech, but rather that they should have freedom from speech. The difference is uncanny."

Yes, excellently put, and it is very worrying how much the younger generation, especially those currently in college are falling in-line with this type of thinking. A good example is that recent video of Yale students signing a petition to ban the 1st Amendment... WTF!

Another example, is back when Trump was doing a rally in California I believe and a group of protestors physically assaulted the Trump supporters for practicing their first amendment rights. Now I really really don't like Trump but no person should be physically assaulted for speaking their opinion or assembling in a gathering, all rights in the first amendment.

I don't know what they're teaching in college these days, but something has gone terribly wrong and trying to censor speech is NOT a liberal principle, it's an authoritarian one.

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It seems, yes, that political correctness takes the place of morals and traditional values. People think others are good people if they are politically correct.

A dangerous thought.