Why Does the Left Have Such a Difficult
Time With the Concept of 'Free Speech'?
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/30/2022 10:27:26 AM
For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter. —George Washington Washington was on to something. There is no more vital safeguard of our liberties than freedom of speech. Without it, we are, as Washington graphically notes, “like sheep led to the slaughter.” Benjamin Franklin (writing as the widow Silence Dogood) said it as plainly as it could be said. In those wretched
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