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Antsy | Follow Category: None November 17, 2018 - 04:57 PDT | Last Edited: November 17, 2018 - 05:05 PDT 0 457

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Here's the ultimate contradiction in the argument for state suppression of speech in the name of equality: it demands the protection of disadvantaged minorities' interests, but in a democracy, the state acts in the name of the majority, not the minority

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