Censorship: waging war on free speech
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Is Free Speech a Threat to My Inner Peace?
We're not looking to reduce the power of governments or authorities to censor, we're looking to expand the power to prevent us from this harm. And i think that is showing a reversal of attitudes toward speech that have emerged over the last 60, 70 odd years. I mean, the notion of calling for censorship has almost become an affirmation of faith. So that's why professors in the united from the left and the rightand i think also in britain, are losing their jobs if they express opinions certain others simply don't agree with. That's less trying to stop the speech than saying, 'This is who i am, this is what i believe'
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