“Free speech,” he wrote, “includes not only the inoffensive, but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and provocative provided that it does not tend to violence. Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.”
This quote was contained in an article talking about how people are being charged in the UK with violations for homophobic hate speech. So strange to me. We've got to value free speech both for those who call homosexuality sin and those who speak out that any form of sexual expression should be allowed. The answer is not to squelch free speech for either side. That will only lead to tyranny. Just my musings...
1 comment:
So true!
So happy to see you blogging again!! :)
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