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And, in this one, Mr. Murphy has sliced and diced Ezra "Free Speech, But Not Necessarily Speech That Is Free For Everyone Else" Levant, but good. Ouch. I do not feel the need to add a single word about Ezra Levant's bald-faced hypocrisy. Big City Lib, take it away:
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Ezra Levant: That Was Then, This Is Now
From his 2004 Calgary Sun Article, "Preacher of death, Hatemongering Muslims must be prosecuted "
" Not charging the handful of Muslims who are haters is like not charging the handful of Italians who are part of the Mafia -- it is a misguided act of political correctness. The majority of Muslims -- we hope -- do not support [Younus] Kathrada. He should be made an example of, not have excuses made for him. Justice calls for it."
Islamofascists should be charged with hate speech, but Nazis shouldn't? I must have missed some nuance in Ezra's reasoning.
h/t to the poppinjays.
PS. But, someone might argue, you are attacking the man for his hypocrisy rather than his arguments for soundness. Perhaps, but it is part of MY argument that, since when you scratch a free-speech absolutist like Ezra you invariably find a secret censor, there is simply no point in pretending that free speech absolutism is a viable position. Once you realize that, it becomes possible to move on to a real debate about where the limits of speech should be located.
Ezra Levant: That Was Then, This Is Now
From his 2004 Calgary Sun Article, "Preacher of death, Hatemongering Muslims must be prosecuted "
" Not charging the handful of Muslims who are haters is like not charging the handful of Italians who are part of the Mafia -- it is a misguided act of political correctness. The majority of Muslims -- we hope -- do not support [Younus] Kathrada. He should be made an example of, not have excuses made for him. Justice calls for it."
Islamofascists should be charged with hate speech, but Nazis shouldn't? I must have missed some nuance in Ezra's reasoning.
h/t to the poppinjays.
PS. But, someone might argue, you are attacking the man for his hypocrisy rather than his arguments for soundness. Perhaps, but it is part of MY argument that, since when you scratch a free-speech absolutist like Ezra you invariably find a secret censor, there is simply no point in pretending that free speech absolutism is a viable position. Once you realize that, it becomes possible to move on to a real debate about where the limits of speech should be located.