Here is a piece provoking a deeper understanding of free speech, using recent differences - and perceived hypocrisy - of the way that France treats speech from the way that the USA treats it. The right to speak is meaningless in the abstract; it only exists in relation to political power. Interesting. And then this . . . Everyone who speaks takes an ideological position with regard to political power and the dominant social order, whether they recognize it or not. Whoah. It can be a position of support or opposition, or it can be the assumed neutrality of the “cultural sphere,” which customarily means support masquerading as indifference. Ouch!!!!!! salon/2015/01/17/free_speech_and_state_power_americans_shouldnt_feel_complacent_about_french_hypocrisy
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:28:19 +0000