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Kan det angå deg? Krig mot tanke og ytring

Utopiske visjoner om utrolig gjennombrudd, alle plikter
å puste i takt. Å tie og underkaste seg slagordmakt.

Mindre rasjonelt enn selvpisker-opptog?

Krigsherrene prøver ikke å nå deg gjennom ryddig tanke
og argument.
Skulle de vel risikere slikt, når de har gransket ut
hvordan vi kan styres gjennom primitiv frykt,
emosjonskrig?

Opprøret mot tankens og ytringens frihet føres videre
ved "barnesoldater" -
hardt geriljatrente, som trodde de skulle få studere fag.

"The war is irrational but the universe remains rational.
Therefore, the warriors cannot win;
they must go on taking more prisoners and trampling more
freedoms in the pursuit of an unattainable goal ..

It’s in the nature of campus revolts that the leaders
aren’t going to be satisfied with limited reforms
to the school; they are inspired by inflated rhetoric,
and they see themselves at the center of a great moment
in world history.

A moment in which the rest of us are incidentally roadkill.

..The war on freedom has left the campus behind
and is now taking dead aim at the life of the mind generally.

Emnet belyses her av skribent Denyse O'Leary .

En utbredt kampmåte er forklart her: Nedskriking

"Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate"

80 per cent of Canadians say that “it seems like you can’t
say anything without someone feeling offended .”

Still, about four in five Canadians say that there are some
things you “just shouldn’t express in front or people you
don’t know.”

When it comes to motivations for keeping quiet, response held
true to the Canadian stereotype:
87 per cent said they self-censor because they “want to be
polite” while only 13 per cent said they bit their tongue
because they don’t want to be judged.

How can you think if there is no Truth?