Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, study says

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by AnimalMuppet on Friday December 06, 2019 @01:50PM (#21724813)

> there's a lot of people who seem to operate on the presumption that in the long term, their side is going to have complete control of the government indefinitely

... and who are willing to alter the rules to make sure that, once they get power, it will be easier for them to continue to have complete control indefinitely. And why? Because they are certain of the rightness of their ideas, and therefore if the people vote against them, it can only be because the people have been lead astray by lies and propaganda.

Such people deserve, at a minimum, our profound suspicion.

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Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by mirimir on Saturday December 07, 2019 @05:18AM (#21729474)

William S. Burroughs argued that people who know that they're right, and impose their beliefs on others, should be killed on sight. Because they're infected with the "right virus". Just like we kill rabid animals.

But then, he was probably joking. And fscking with his readers' perspectives.

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