Posts

Showing posts with the label free speech

The Roots and Dangers of Today's "Political Correctness" Movement.

Image
“If even one American, who has done nothing wrong, is forced by fear to shut his mind and shut his mouth, then all Americans are in peril. ”    Harry S. Truman “ Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves .”     Carl Jung Imagine this scene: An obese woman walks into the doctor. He does a routine checkup and advises her that she should lose some weight. Rather than consider the merits of his advice, upon leaving she posts a question on a far-left forum asking if she can report him to any authorities for “fat shaming.”   Yes, real people have done this. Fortunately we are not at the stage that giving sound medical suggestions are banned by law, but please consider that there are people who would like this to be done. It sounds absurd, but so are many other thigs done or advanced in the name of “politically correctness.”  This should alarm all citizens.   We cherish the ideals of freedo...

Is the Left Aiming to End Freedom of Speech?

Image
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”                                                      George Washington “If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked.  So was Stalin. If you’re in favor of freedom of speech, that means you are in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.”                     Noam Chomsky I was recently in a conversation with an educator from Europe. He said that “America has a lot of problems” and he went...