> Has our society ever really believed "Society" is a great mass of people with varying belief systems. Most of the cultural norms are dictated from above, not

> Has our society ever really believed "Society" is a great mass of people with varying belief systems. Most of the cultural norms are dictated from above, not necessarily by populist consensus. > Freedom to express our views, when they disagree with the majority, has been successfully suppressed. Huh? Will you be jailed for expressing your views? Lose your job? End up homeless and destitute? Get beaten up by a pack of rowdy youths? Freedom to express one's views doesn't mean that everyone else has to listen to them. If a Bible-thumper starts preaching in the middle of a music concert, should everyone stop and listen to respect his free speech rights? Is tossing him out of the concert oppressing his religious views?