One wonders if the students were familiar with “doublespeak” - TopicsExpress



          

One wonders if the students were familiar with “doublespeak” and other concepts described in the works of George Orwell. They certainly haven’t read Voltaire, the Enlightenment thinker who once said, “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” A clarification: It’s true that modern, “progressive,” far-left liberalism is thriving. But what today’s adherents of far-left liberalism want is actually the opposite of liberalism as originally conceived. Classical liberalism requires free speech and free expression. It requires tolerance of dissenting views and perspectives. It challenges people to defend each other’s basic rights and develop systems of governance that treat people equally — as individuals — but do not force equal outcomes.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 04:13:40 +0000

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