iroon.com: Quotes: 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

Stop Searching

Quote

Antsy | Follow Category: None November 17, 2018 - 04:57 PDT | Last Edited: November 17, 2018 - 05:05 PDT 0 547

Like 0

0 DisLike

Quote from David Cole:

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

Tags: N/A Flag

Comments

Antsy 's Recent Quotes

Communists who live in US could tell you about the entire history of the USSR, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Burkina Faso, the DPRK, 10 different communist parties in India, the whole life of Karl Marx, but not a single event in the history of whoever's stolen land they're on.

Antsy | 6 years ago 0 550

Many Jews joined the Tudeh Party, in an effort to combat the social ostracism that had become a divisive issue in the period in which Iranian national identity had started to take shape.

Antsy | 6 years ago 1 505

I want to make clear I'm not a conservative...if anyone destroys this country it will be the conservatives because they do not know how to preach capitalism, and because they are based on religious altruism and on that combination of ideas, you cannot save this country.

Antsy | 6 years ago 1 623

Three Iranian men charged with spying offences in UK

Viroon | 5 hours ago 1 44

Category: None

Pro-EU Dan beats Trumpist Simion in Romania's closely watched vote | DW News

Viroon | 6 hours ago 0 57

Category: None

Israel will 'take control of all' of Gaza Strip, PM Netanyahu says

Viroon | 6 hours ago 0 42

Category: None

More