Re: Censorship is becoming ridiculous

On 1/12/21 10:24 AM, Rinaldi wrote:
> On 1/12/21 10:54 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
>> On 1/12/21 7:33 AM, Hartdonor wrote:
>>> I believe in Liberty. Libertarianism and classical liberalism are pretty
>>> cool things.
>>
>> Libertarianism sounds good on paper, but it can lead to situations such
>> as described in the following famous quioe.
>>
>>> First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I
>>> was not a socialist.
>>> Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak
>>> out—Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews,
>>> and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for
>>> me—and there was no one left to speak for me
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller
>>
>> Sometimes you have to be your Brother's Keeper, both  as individuals and
>> as a group.
>>
>> liberalism | ˈlib(ə)rəˌlizəm |
>> noun
>> the holding of liberal views: one of the basic tenets of liberalism is
>> tolerance | the shift from liberalism to radicalism.
>>
>> New Oxford American Dictionary
>>
>> Unfortunately, today's liberalism seems to be moving away from tolerance.
> 
> Perhaps the tolerance level has been reached or exceeded?

I don't think it's that, I think they just don't want to hear about the 
"opposite" side.  Lots of conservatives don't' want to listen to 
liberals, and lots of liberal don't want to listen to conservatives. 
And  because of the news media reporting, you generally just hear the 
more extreme views if each side.

That is the death knell of any democratic style country.


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Ken
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