Friday, July 16, 2010



Censorship as “tolerance”

European logic:
"The ubiquitous European hate-speech laws represent a clear and present danger to freedom of expression in the Western world. Not only do they interfere with the basic right of the individual to speak his or her mind even if it causes offense, they are inherently arbitrary and prone to abuse.

The determination of which expressions are ‘hateful’ or ‘derogatory’ is highly subjective; the atheist and the fervent believer are unlikely to agree on where the limits of religious satire should be drawn.

And in an era of identity politics, when people are encouraged to think of themselves primarily as members of racial, religious, or ethnic groups with special rights rather than as individual citizens with equal rights before the law, ‘racism’ and ‘hatred’ have become very broad concepts indeed.”

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

"racism’ and ‘hatred’ have become very broad concepts indeed."

Not just broad concepts, but BIG business! ($$) Being "offended" has become a multi-Billion dollar industry, which in most cases, is what is truly behind peoples "sensitivities". It is also the foundation on which "protected classes" (gays, blacks, illegal aliens, etc.) are built.

Anonymous said...

"Being "offended" has become a multi-Billion dollar industry"

The conservative dream.

Use the Name, Luke said...

::: sigh :::

Still trolling…

Anonymous said...

Luke, you mean conservatives do not support BIG business? Well, which is it? Pro or Anti BIG business?

Michael C. said...

This is very important!

Anon 3:10 said...

Anonymous said...
"Being "offended" has become a multi-Billion dollar industry"
The conservative dream.

No Anon, the true conservative dream is to totally eradicate liberals and leftists, and that will start in Nov.

Anonymous said...

Well, having a multi-billion business is indeed the conservative dream.
But a conservative wouldn't want that business to be built on top of the misery and depravity of other humans.
Only a leftist wants to make money over the dead bodies of his fellow man (though he doesn't consider them his fellow men of course, he only thinks of himself, always).

Anonymous said...

"But a conservative wouldn't want that business to be built on top of the misery and depravity of other humans."

It happens all the time, loser. LOL.