Just back from Australia where I gave the Robert Menzies Institute annual oration. My theme was why MAGA Republicans and their counterparts in Europe should take the high ground when it comes to free speech and resist the temptation to cancel their opponent. https://lnkd.in/eQ4aTfTQ
Interesting article. Brings to mind WH Auden “ I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return “
The Left needs free speech not just to say what it wants now, but to ensure that progressive change remains possible at all. Without it, entrenched interests set the boundaries of debate, which historically works against Leftist goals.
Senior Lecturer at Coventry University London
2wAt the same time not make racist & demeaning comments about those who do not share their beliefs