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Some of it yes, some of it no. I suspect the author and I diverge politically in important ways, and think the piece would have been stronger if it had avoided
by teorema 6y ago
Some of it yes, some of it no.
I suspect the author and I diverge politically in important ways, and think the piece would have been stronger if it had avoided certain topics. However, I think its main argument is solid and succinct.
The problem with limits on free speech is that a certain proportion of what's critical will seem taboo, malformed, or false to the majority until it doesn't. I think this is true regardless of the right vs left leaning nature of those involved.
- PaulHoule 6y agoYou could make a long list of 'behaviors that undermine the legitimacy of government, media, etc.' Some of those are external attacks, others are generic own goals such as: "CEO and Chairman of the Board are the same person", "Official got 5 figures in speaking fees" as well as specifics, such as the suppression of dissent in the media about the second Gulf War. Anti-war protestors faced only mild repression (the lady who ran our soup kitchen got arrested and spent time in federal prison) but the public never got the facts about the war that pointed to it working out the way it did. That is different from the dumbasses who want to say "black people are stupid" and such.
- GrinningFool 6y agoThere's also a certain portion that _is_ malformed or false, not just seeming that way to the majority.