Posted on 06/25/2021 11:23:16 PM PDT by ammodotcom
In honor of George Owell’s birthday yesterday, here’s a selection of our favorite quotes about freedom of speech, political correctness, and the First Amendment.
“Political correctness is tyranny; just tyranny with manners.” – Charlton Heston
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.” – Mark Twain
“The right to speak freely does not include the right to be taken seriously. And it certainly doesn't include the obligation that others must supply you with a platform.” – Johan Norberg
“Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the bounds of censorship.” – Aryeh Neier
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.” – Philip K. Dick
“Political correctness is a sinister device constructed by the left to cause the negative outcomes of left-wing ideology to never be subject to criticism.” – Peter McLoughlin
“The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.” – Henry A. Wallace
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Allow me to make a clear and unambiguous hollow point.
For mass communication, be sure to have as many listeners as possible within earshot, then note how long it takes for a mutual consensus to form on what just happened, why it happened, who it affects negatively the most, who is responsible for it, what their intentions were/are, and what the demands for reparations should be.
We should steal that line for our podcast.
Public domain — have at it.
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