Realisation of
action is a totally different thing to freedom of speech…
I fully accept
that everyone has a right to their viewpoint… I just want the right
not to have to accept it as the only viewpoint…
Watching the Victoria Derbyshire program this morning (26/02/16) and
a part of it was about the “Safe Place” in campuses for freedom
of speech being “restricted” with “certain” topics being
banned
The present PC madness continues… controlling what you can and
cannot say/do….
It's a “Safe Place” no more no less...
The problem is not with what you can say….
The problem I watched... was of not letting people say it…
Whether that was by a “controlling body” limiting the scope of
subjects or by the, watched, heckling/shouting at the speaker...
It the old days it
was “The person on speakers corner”... not massed people with
megaphones or aggressive placards of “Behead X… Homo X… Black
X… White X” and many others..
You stopped… you
listened, if you wanted to… but you accepted that that person
had a right to free speech and that was their
view… You
thought about it or you didn’t… You
got on with life as you chose...
There must be
free speech or the “he who shouts loudest will prevail” theology
wins out…
What seems to be
happening these days is that rather than accept that a person has,
for the moment, a legal right to express their opinion some would
risk losing this rather than “offend” someone…
I cannot see much
difference between someone saying “this offends me” or
“J'accuse”… Both cause the death of something...
Free Speech… A
person can express their view…. You have the free choice to listen
or move on…
Free Speech… You
can give out leaflets to others who then have the free choice to read
it or bin it.
Realisation of
Action… Knowing what you do enhances your view over all others..
Realisation of Action… The, viewed, persons persistent heckling
that stopped the debate... knowing that only his view was valid...
and by repeating three words, loudly, over and over again would
negate the speakers viewpoint... All would remember him and not the
speaker, or the speech...
Realisation of Action… By limiting free speech you must accept that
phobia's, oppression, increase
Example… Chairman Mao... Free speech… His little red book…
Realisation of Action… Everybody had to read it… He knew
by reading it you gave up your freedom of choice...
Realisation of
Action… Groups trying to change you to agree with them… not
letting someone have a choice… Is oppressive, self limiting and
often accompanied by violence..
Realisation of
Action… Groups intimidating by action… not letting someone walk
in the own town at night... Is oppressive, self limiting and often
accompanied by violence..
Final
thought's on freedom and actions…
If I walk into a
bar… and it's, say, a gay bar… I walk out… its not because of
being homophobic… its because I am not Gay…
I know many Gay
people and am truly pleased for those who find happiness in being so…
But I also know that
if you tell someone who is truly Gay, that you are not... They will
treat you as a friend… not an object to be converted…
Freedom of speech is
a fundamental part of existence… The freedom of listening to other
viewpoints is paramount…
If it was not…
The world would still be flat and the centre of a very small
universe..
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