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Sunday, 23 July 2017
quote [ Just this week his book ?The Selfish Gene? was voted the most inspiring science book of all time in a public poll commissioned by the Royal Society. ]
While KPFA emphatically supports serious free speech, we do not support abusive speech. We apologize for not having had broader knowledge of Dawkins views much earlier.
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C18H27NO3 said @ 8:45pm GMT on 24th July
As already detailed, Pacifica's mission statement says various viewpoints, not ALL viewpoints. They are a privately owned company, and are under no obligation to cater to those they disagree with. There is no "lie" there. The lie is "fair and balanced" coming from faux news.
Further, Dawkins bashed christianity and it was ok because there was no threat of discrimination or violence towards them. Context means something. There is no double standard. Islam is the religion du jour, just like judaism was the target in the 1930's. They had plenty of free speech in Germany to point fingers and call jews scum. Nobody contested that free speech, and look where it ended.
All this complaining by the right about free speech is that they simply want to be able to blow their dog whistle on a national stage. And that dog whistle is the redefining of racism and bigotry in the name of 'nationalism.' They want a society that is a white, christian, patriarchy. Something this country has abused for the entirety of it's existence. What built this country wasn't elite brits protecting freedom, but elite whites protecting their wealth, ejecting the indigenous peoples, and used slaves and immigrants to further their enrichment. The conservative right just wants to prevent their just reward for all the abuse their ancestors dolled out, and want to continue the abuse using debunked eugenics to justify it.
C18H27NO3 said @ 8:46pm GMT on 24th July
As already detailed, Pacifica's mission statement says various viewpoints, not ALL viewpoints. They are a privately owned company, and are under no obligation to cater to those they disagree with. There is no "lie" there. The lie is "fair and balanced" coming from faux news.
Further, Dawkins bashed christianity and it was ok because there was no threat of discrimination or violence towards them. Context means something. There is no double standard. Islam is the religion du jour, just like judaism was the target in the 1930's. They had plenty of free speech in Germany to point fingers and call jews scum. Nobody contested that free speech, and look where it ended.
All this complaining by the right about free speech is that they simply want to be able to blow their dog whistle on a national stage. And that dog whistle is the redefining of racism and bigotry in the name of 'nationalism.' They want a society that is a white, christian, patriarchy. Something this country has abused for the entirety of it's existence. What built this country wasn't elite brits protecting freedom, but elite whites protecting their wealth, ejecting the indigenous peoples, and used slaves and immigrants to further their enrichment. The conservative right just wants to prevent their just reward for all the abuse their ancestors dolled out, and want to continue the abuse using debunked eugenics to justify it.
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C18H27NO3 said @ 8:45pm GMT on 24th July
As already detailed, Pacifica's mission statement says various viewpoints, not ALL viewpoints. They are a privately owned company, and are under no obligation to cater to those they disagree with. There is no "lie" there. The lie is "fair and balanced" coming from faux news.
Further, Dawkins bashed christianity and it was ok because there was no threat of discrimination or violence towards them. Context means something. There is no double standard. Islam is the religion du jour, just like judaism was the target in the 1930's. They had plenty of free speech in Germany to point fingers and call jews scum. Nobody contested that free speech, and look where it ended.
All this complaining by the right about free speech is that they simply want to be able to blow their dog whistle on a national stage. And that dog whistle is the redefining of racism and bigotry in the name of 'nationalism.' They want a society that is a white, christian, patriarchy. Something this country has abused for the entirety of it's existence. What built this country wasn't elite brits protecting freedom, but elite whites protecting their wealth, ejecting the indigenous peoples, and used slaves and immigrants to further their enrichment. The conservative right just wants to prevent their just reward for all the abuse their ancestors dolled out, and want to continue the abuse using debunked eugenics to justify it.
