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PamW

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9. Why would anyone want a group that is "safe" for a given point of view?
Sun Jun 3, 2012, 01:58 PM
Jun 2012

It just seems so antithetical to the whole concept of Free Speech in a democracy.

I thought the Framers wanted free speech so that different ideas could get thrashed out and discussed. Why would someone want a discussion group where everyone wallows in their own common set of beliefs? Boy that would be BORING.

It also doesn't do anything for education. I'm sure we could start a group for people who believed in a flat Earth, and nobody could talk about the Copernican model. Flat-Earthers would be free to wallow in their own misconceptions without challenge. It would get rather boring for the flat Earthers, and it does nothing to get them a modern education.

How does that line movie line go? "Now we see how democracy dies...it dies with a whimper."

Sigh.

PamW

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