My New Favorite Writer
This guy has summarized almost all my views on free speech as it applies to the last 3 months or so, in a more entertaining way than I ever could.
CLICK HERE TO READ IT.
I left a quote below.
“When Madonna says that democracy is undermined whenever critics of the president are criticized, it makes me wonder what kind of train wreck her interpretation of the Kabbalah must be. (Martin) Sheen and his defenders want to be simultaneously saluted for their “courage” to speak out while at the same time believe they there should be no risks for those who do speak out. Well, if there are no risks, where’s the courage? And why should movie stars have a right to risk-free political speech when no other profession has anything close? If I owned a hardware store and put a sign in the window reading, “Down with Bush” — I’d lose business. Or, if I put one in the window saying “Down with Saddam!” I’d also lose business. This is because other people have the right to associate themselves with ideas just as much as movie stars have the right to express their “ideas.” Only by the logic of the bitchy little world we call Hollywood, where even men are divas, would we say it’s outrageous that store owners are having their “right” to sell three-penny nails revoked.”
-Jonah Goldberg Editor At-large National Review Online
I found this at Blogdex at MIT
