Adam Zivo: Praise for Salman Rushdie hollow in our censorship-mad society

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In the west, it is increasingly believed that words are violence and ought to be policed

Millions of regular French citizens rallied in support of the victims, and, later that year, the PEN American Centre presented the newspaper with a prestigious freedom of expression award.

The letter was effectively arguing that freedom of expression should be curtailed if some people believe that said expression has vague connections to possible social harms. However, to set boundaries on freedom of expression on such hazy grounds is to hollow that freedom of any meaning — the letter signalled nothing less than a repudiation of free expression by leading writers from across the world.Article contenton the shameful response to the Charlie Hebdo massacre the following month.

 

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Let's be honest, conservatives are reveling in this. They have been waiting for an atrocity to blame on Muslims so they can crank up the anti-islam rhetoric instead of having to legitimize white male spree shooters.

Do I need to bother clicking through to learn that that the censorship Zivo is talking about is “cancel culture means I can’t say racist and hateful things and it’s all Justin’s fault”?

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