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Review : Religion And The Decline Of Magic (IV)
If you're just joining, I've been summarising Keith Thomas' incredible 1971 thesis Religion And The Decline of Magic . In part o...
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I've noticed that some people care deeply about the truth, but come up with batshit crazy statements. And I've caught myself rationa...
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Where Americans think Ukraine is These are the guesses of 2066 Americans as to where Ukraine is. Only 1 in 6 were correct. Presumably the...
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Hmmm. [The comments below include a prime example of someone claiming they're interested in truth but just want higher standard, where...
Actually they had freedom of speech. They where allowed to speech freely in their own defence. Which is an important part of the judicial system.
ReplyDeleteAnd afterwards they where sentenced.
Who ever made this meme does neither know how democracy nor how justice works..
I think you missed the point of this. The far right cries "freedom of speech !" and "you don't want to hear different opinions" or "political correctness run amok !" at every conceivable opportunity. It shouldn't be taken as a literal depiction of the Nuremberg Trials because that would be mad.
ReplyDeleteWhen did freedom of speech become freedom not to be challenged? Oh, I know, when social conservatives began to feel their moral authority challenged.
ReplyDeleteAlistair Young well said. Mind you there are quite a few on the left as well who had enough of reality denying cry babys.
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