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In reply to the discussion: Should assault rifle lapel pins be allowed on the House floor? [View all]Sympthsical
(9,176 posts)It's kind ironic and a little sad. Every week, there's invariably some randomly motivated, "Awesome things that Boomers awesomely awesomed!"
Yet the one thing I really admire from Boomer culture is the Freedom of Speech Movement that originated in Berkeley in the 60s.
And it's like the one thing getting absolutely jettisoned from that era of liberalism.
Free expression is a bedrock principle of liberalism. What . . . the fuck is this pro-censorship attitude creeping all over everything? And does anyone think they'll be in control of it once it's dictated to them by corporations?
It's only my own belief in Natural Law that humans inherently possess rights that keeps me from wondering if people who would not have rights for others deserve them for themselves.
At some point, those who deign to rule over others should be ruled on the same terms themselves.
And I suspect many wouldn't like that.