“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the right of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” (F. Douglass) We forget about this crucial implication—that is, if it ever occurs to us at all.
Thanks for this important article. I recently came across the Westminster Declaration, which strikes directly to the heart of this discussion: https://westminsterdeclaration.org/
So freedom of speech thought it over , Well it’s like this is it manner,speech about what subject ,What comes to mind is Virtue ,or Virtues .Kindness is one. An old saying from long ago,Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me . Words do .Pass it on
“…an absolute power of suppressing all opinions would amount, if it could be exercised, to a despotism far more perfect than any other which has yet existed.”
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
And it began when fanatical belief evolved into the organized, authoritarian and bureaucratized religions we know today.
I’m assuming you mean solution, the solution is freedom of speech which we’ve had for decades but now is under threat because I might say something nasty in this comment.
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the right of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” (F. Douglass) We forget about this crucial implication—that is, if it ever occurs to us at all.
Thanks for this important article. I recently came across the Westminster Declaration, which strikes directly to the heart of this discussion: https://westminsterdeclaration.org/
So freedom of speech thought it over , Well it’s like this is it manner,speech about what subject ,What comes to mind is Virtue ,or Virtues .Kindness is one. An old saying from long ago,Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me . Words do .Pass it on
This is what is facing us in Canada under the kakistocrat Trudeau.
Another excellent video thank you
Keep calm carry on
“…an absolute power of suppressing all opinions would amount, if it could be exercised, to a despotism far more perfect than any other which has yet existed.”
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
And it began when fanatical belief evolved into the organized, authoritarian and bureaucratized religions we know today.
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This is not a comment.I have a question to all what is the Sulition
I’m assuming you mean solution, the solution is freedom of speech which we’ve had for decades but now is under threat because I might say something nasty in this comment.