Current Events > Do you think Voltaire's quote is still valid in today's society?

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I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

The issue is that people should feel ashamed to express these beliefs, and they don't.

The conservative right has rallied around the notion that everyone should be free to express whatever they believe in without being shamed for it.

Instead of earning society's censure, folks like you seem to think all ideas should be free to compete in a "marketplace of ideas" -- including the racist ones, the trans and homophobic ones, the misogynist ones. And if someone like me protests it, or labels you a racist for it, then that means I am opposed to freedom of speech, and I should scurry off and find a "safe space" or some such thing.

I say the "marketplace of ideas" is a poor model for society to follow. Contrary to what the right likes to think, the most virtuous ideas will not come out on top; it will only create a safe haven for hatred and prejudice to fester. I think it's incumbent on all of us to shout down that hatred and prejudice wherever we see it, and you would label me a social justice warrior for that.

In short, the problem is you're fighting for a nasty, dark, and lightless future. These protestors are a symptom of the success you've enjoyed hereto, and I'm against you for it.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

I don't see a Voltaire quote anywhere, so I have no idea

inb4 TC posts a quote that's not from Voltaire.

Manocheese posted...

inb4 TC posts a quote that's not from Voltaire.

Called it.

Sounds like something a fascist would say