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Threatening speech when it actually did not do so delegitimizes speech that epitomizes exactly the type of speech that is supposed to be protected.
Fear of individual and cultural extinction is both a cause and a product of the nostalgia so widespread in both Europe and America today.
Education The Surprising Revolt at the Most Liberal College in the Country Chris Bodenner, The Atlantic ‘As difficult as it is, it’s important we discuss the part played by genes in cognitive ability’ Dr Kathryn Asbury, Tes Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101 Frank Bruni, The New York Times
If our common goal is to encourage reciprocal respect for other individuals, in spite of average differences in group proclivities.
The bonds of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion would either wither away or perhaps allow numerous tribes to co-exist in and open and tolerant multicultural setting.
The election on October 15 could see the FPÖ enter government for the first time in nearly 20 years. How did we get here?
All too often legitimate conversations about policy preference devolve into accusations of moral transgression.
In the suggested world of universal basic income, what puts pressure on the government to maintain democracy and political rights?
The centripetal tendency, if unchecked, ends in a black hole, in narrow paranoia, in the life-denying singularity of fundamentalism or fascism.
Ideologies are like organisms, and tracing their origins back to common ancestors starts with a system of classification based on careful observation and comparison.
The value of winning a kayaking trip in a raffle is measured in its consumption utility, not its monetary value.
Germany is a country which takes politics seriously. Chancellor Angela Merkel is an academic herself.
There is good reason for the controversy. Early in the book, Reeves lays out the inconvenient truth:
Having falsely established that Charlie Hebdo were just picking on Muslims, he can lay the charge of hypocrisy upon anybody that has ever objected to any other speech.
It is important to follow the lead of both Applebaum and Fitzpatrick in standing firm in pursuit of the truth, whatever it might be.