Comments on: Does One Person’s Free Speech Trump Another’s? http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/ A Commentary Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chrisfiore5 http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-1071 chrisfiore5 Wed, 16 May 2007 20:06:31 +0000 http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-1071 hello debi, long time... no hear from hope all is well. peace. hello debi,

long time… no hear from

hope all is well.

peace.

]]> By: Livette http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-861 Livette Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:05:21 +0000 http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-861 Nice blog! Nice blog!

]]> By: NomDebPlume http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-860 NomDebPlume Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:05:46 +0000 http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-860 Well said, Annie! Like you, I hope there are still enough people out there who will continue to think instead of allow others to think <em>for </em>them. That's the only way we will make any true progress as a society. Thanks for the welcome - Hoping to stick around and be more consistent, but it ain't easy sometimes :-) Debi Well said, Annie! Like you, I hope there are still enough people out there who will continue to think instead of allow others to think for them. That’s the only way we will make any true progress as a society.

Thanks for the welcome – Hoping to stick around and be more consistent, but it ain’t easy sometimes :-)

Debi

]]> By: writerchick http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-843 writerchick Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:54:23 +0000 http://nomdebplume.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/does-one-person%e2%80%99s-free-speech-trump-another%e2%80%99s/#comment-843 Debi, I think you already answered the question - vested interests. It behooves some to fan the flames of racism, real and imagined. It behooves some to create strife where there really isn't any and sinister plots when none are present. It's easier to get a mob to do your bidding when they are angry and unrational. The mob mentality is kept going intentionally and otherwise rational people get caught up in the indignance of it all. Having no idea they are being manipulated. Add to that the near eradication of critical thinking as a goal for educators, replaced with 'fairness' and 'acceptance' and you have a society of people who can not discern the real from the pretend. All they want are their cell phones, cool cars and a celebrity they like to tell them what to think. Hopefully, there are still enough thinking people in the world to bring this sort of thing to an end. It is my fantasy that someday the mob will turn on the mob makers and they will have hell to pay. Preferrably it will be telecast live too. Annie PS: Welcome back - missed you! Debi,
I think you already answered the question – vested interests. It behooves some to fan the flames of racism, real and imagined. It behooves some to create strife where there really isn’t any and sinister plots when none are present.

It’s easier to get a mob to do your bidding when they are angry and unrational. The mob mentality is kept going intentionally and otherwise rational people get caught up in the indignance of it all. Having no idea they are being manipulated.

Add to that the near eradication of critical thinking as a goal for educators, replaced with ‘fairness’ and ‘acceptance’ and you have a society of people who can not discern the real from the pretend. All they want are their cell phones, cool cars and a celebrity they like to tell them what to think.

Hopefully, there are still enough thinking people in the world to bring this sort of thing to an end. It is my fantasy that someday the mob will turn on the mob makers and they will have hell to pay. Preferrably it will be telecast live too.
Annie

PS: Welcome back – missed you!

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