Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.
Judy BlumeTags: censorship first-amendment freedom-of-speech censor censure censors censoring freedom-to-express
Hypocrites get offended by the truth.
Jess C. ScottTags: truth honesty freedom freedom-of-thought freedom-of-speech liars honest hypocrites hypocrite straightforwardness
Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.
Margaret A. EdwardsTags: love censorship freedom-of-thought freedom-of-choice freedom-of-speech young-adult censor lovers teenagers teens freedom-of-expression lover rites-of-passage young-adult-literature censors teen teen-fantasy young-adult-fiction young-love young-adult-novels rite-of-passage censoring love-story young-adult-readers teenagers-and-parents teenage-love teen-fiction young-adult-fantasy young-adult-romance young-adult-urban-fantasy lovers-fictional young-lovers freedom-to-express minors-rights
A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.
Nick HarkawayTags: truth power democracy freedom-of-speech anonymity privacy rights responsibilities
If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them."
[Bangor Daily News, Guest Column of March 20, 1992]
Tags: censorship freedom-of-speech banned-books challenged-books
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: humor freedom democracy funny freedom-of-speech humorous rights ironic political-correctness dinner sad-but-true table-manners gadfly ettiquette dinners being-polite dinner-conversation
If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?
Michelle TempletTags: politics freedom-of-speech civil-disobedience
Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.
Glenn GreenwaldTags: censorship freedom-of-speech bigotry martyrdom twitter
It is depressing to have to point out, yet again, that there is a distinction between having the legal right to say something
China MiévilleTags: freedom-of-speech bigotry accountability whining
Tolerance, which is one form of love of neighbor, must manifest itself not only in our personal relations, but also in the arena of society as well. In the world of opinion and politics, tolerance is that virtue by which liberated minds conquer the evils of bigotry and hatred. Tolerance implies more than forbearance or the passive enduring of ideas different from our own. Properly conceived, tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another’s beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them. Tolerance quickens our appreciation and increases our respect for our neighbor’s point of view. It goes even further; it assumes a militant aspect when the rights of an opponent are assailed. Voltaire’s dictum, “I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,” is for all ages and places the perfect utterance of the tolerant ideal.
Joshua Loth LiebmanTags: freedom-of-speech tolerance misattributed-to-voltaire intellectual-freedom
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