Is the Left Aiming to End Freedom of Speech?
“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 on to elaborate, “You depend too much on that constitution of yours. It was written over two hundred years ago; times have changed. It is time your people realize that and put history aside.” Of course most Americans would respond that it was none of Europe’s business what America does, and besides, the whole point of the US Constitution was to insure that