{"id":6865,"date":"2015-11-09T03:40:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T03:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/09\/is-free-speech-dead-in-britain\/"},"modified":"2015-11-09T03:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T03:40:36","slug":"is-free-speech-dead-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/09\/is-free-speech-dead-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Free Speech Dead in Britain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Once again I pinch myself. &#0160;Am I awake or am I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/426713\/free-speech-britain-downs-syndrome-controversy\" target=\"_self\">dreaming<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">It&#39;s too bad the mother country is collapsing under the weight of its own political correctness. &#0160;John Stuart Mill must be rolling around in his grave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">My endorsement of Mill is measured, however: it seems to me that <a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2015\/01\/toleration-extremism-notes-on-john-stuart-mill.html\" target=\"_self\">he takes toleration to an extreme<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2015\/01\/toleration-extremism-notes-on-john-stuart-mill.html\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/322059759_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2015\/01\/toleration-extremism-notes-on-john-stuart-mill.html\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">Toleration Extremism: Notes on John Stuart Mill<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2014\/12\/the-pig-the-fool-and-socrates.html\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/316780847_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2014\/12\/the-pig-the-fool-and-socrates.html\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">The Pig, the Fool, and Socrates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again I pinch myself. &#0160;Am I awake or am I dreaming? 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