The problem with censorship is that it inevitably expands to far. For example, your list of "abuses of free speech" includes both promotion of ideas that really are heinous and promotion of ideas that are perfectly reasonable. For example:
- There is the promotion of the idea that strikes are an illegitimate form of protest, heck, that any form of protest at all in the workplace is illegitimate, save for job-quitting, if that.
Depending on what you mean by strike. But I think it's a perfectly reasonable idea that you shouldn't be able to refuse to do your job whenever you feel like expressing a "grievance" with no consequences except possibly loss of pay for the period of time when you don't work.
But I think it's a perfectly reasonable idea that you shouldn't be able to refuse to do your job whenever you feel like expressing a "grievance" with no consequences except possibly loss of pay for the period of time when you don't work.
Why in the world would that be a reasonable idea?
I have found this most wonderful (if fairly lengthy) article, and thought you would enjoy having it brought to your attention.
It is so good, I think we should include it among the references in the "Politics is the Mind Killer" wiki page. But, before that, I submit it to you, and ask you: is there anything in this article that would warrant its exclusion from this site? I mean, besides the fact that it is about politics, and written by a notorious Social-democrat (And is that in itself grounds for exclusion?).