Re:In Wake of Charlie Hebdo Attack, Let’s Not Sacrifice Even...
by conradfr on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:57AM
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I'm more or less a French leftist but I really despise the stance of this side about freedom of speech.
This is what is ironic with the Charlie Hebdo situation because France and left parties here don't support real freedom of speech, but they always say they do.
I think any idea should be allowed to be expressed and anything less is counter-productive in the end.
I like this Noam Chomsky quote :
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
This is what is ironic with the Charlie Hebdo situation because France and left parties here don't support real freedom of speech, but they always say they do.
I think any idea should be allowed to be expressed and anything less is counter-productive in the end.
I like this Noam Chomsky quote :
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”