(February 19, 2019 at 8:29 pm)Thena323 Wrote: LOL...The paranoia is REAL, y'all.
No one's trying to silence these assholes They're simply being called out on their fuckery and taken to task.
They say whatever they want and everyone else dutifully shuts fuck up is not the way this shit works.
Or does MY free speech not factor into this little game?
I would die for your right to speak freely-- or for Neeson's or anyone else's. I think you alternate between good sense and downright screech, but I would never tell you not to express your ideas.
As for paranoia-- I don't think an awareness of history and of human nature is paranoia. Do you think the communists early on didn't accuse dissenters of paranoia?
See, in times of peace, it's easy to pass off seemingly minor restrictions on freedom-- we don't really need them, things seem smoother without them. But that's a slippery slope, and has been proven so in conflict after conflict over the past several thousands of years.
No, you have to maintain freedom jealously, and accept its consequences as graciously as you can, or things go south very quickly. Don't be eager to support those who are keen to end careers or lives, because as they are given more power, the net draws tighter, until all sensible people are likely to find themselves inside it.