Re: Censorship is becoming ridiculous
Sailfish <[email protected]>
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My bloviated meandering follows what The Real Bev graced us with on 1/12/2021 10:34 PM: > On 01/12/2021 09:24 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. > > The good kind is now called "classical liberalism". > aka, paleo-liberalism (note; probably better due to use of "classical" is now a "canceling" word). :-) >> Perhaps the tolerance level has been reached or exceeded? > > I think of it as "a liberal application of government power". > -- Sailfish Rare Mozilla Stuff: http://tinyurl.com/z86x3sg _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/general