I have decided that only libertarians actually believe in “I may disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it”. Everyone else, left and right, just parrots the words when it’s their speech being restricted (leftists in the ‘50s and ‘60s, conservatives today) but as soon as they get the power to do so they…
I have decided that only libertarians actually believe in “I may disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it”. Everyone else, left and right, just parrots the words when it’s their speech being restricted (leftists in the ‘50s and ‘60s, conservatives today) but as soon as they get the power to do so they try to silence the other side (of course it’s always for the benefit of the children and the oppressed, doncha know). And of course who knows what libertarians would do if they actually had the power to censor opposition, it’s easy to trumpet your principles when you don’t have the actual power to implement them, but power corrupts etc.
I have decided that only libertarians actually believe in “I may disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it”. Everyone else, left and right, just parrots the words when it’s their speech being restricted (leftists in the ‘50s and ‘60s, conservatives today) but as soon as they get the power to do so they try to silence the other side (of course it’s always for the benefit of the children and the oppressed, doncha know). And of course who knows what libertarians would do if they actually had the power to censor opposition, it’s easy to trumpet your principles when you don’t have the actual power to implement them, but power corrupts etc.