35 sats \ 1 reply \ @Enemy_of_the_state 15 Jul \ parent \ on: Censored news
The fact is that using the FBI to force private companies to censor speech is illegal according to our constitution, and from a human rights standpoint.
The problem with constitutions is they can’t enforce anything, they need people to use force to uphold them.
“ And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Undoubtedly, Jefferson here sounds a bit more practical than others. But, I don't align my views with his. I would rather read Gandhi than such Jeffersons to find out what liberty and life actually is!
"We must first make good the right of free speech and free association before we can make any further progress towards our goal. [...] We must defend these elementary rights with our lives. Liberty of speech means that it is unassailed even when the speech hurts; liberty of the press can be said to be truly respected only when the press can comment in the severest terms upon and even misrepresent matters…. Freedom of association is truly respected when assemblies of people can discuss even revolutionary projects.
Civil liberties consistent with the observance of non-violence are the first step towards Swaraj. It is the breath of political and social life. It is the foundation of freedom. There is no room there for dilution or compromise. It is the water of life.”
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