The people of Iran are speaking out today with passion and clarity: they want freedom from the tyranny of the Islamic Republic and the right to free expression, to choose their own beliefs, and determine how they will be governed.
The "Free Speech But" Manifesto:
Step 1) Say that you support freedom of speech as long as it's not hate speech
Step 2) Define everything that your opposition says as hate speech
Step 3) Avoid cognitive dissonance
@afneil Ironic that HH was trying to act as tone police in a debate about offence taking and ended up saying the most offensive thing possible to AN. The throat clearing at the start where she suggested he would be ok with it was most bizarre.
It's hard to exaggerate how carefully the Founders examined the history of democracies & how clearly they saw the dangers. We've forgotten. https://t.co/pKCEPkdVmW
Translation: my intellectually flimsy ideology barely stood up to far from rigorous questioning, therefor I will no longer take part and attack the identity of the panel. https://t.co/C8LtKPN3Q7