"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of
tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are
intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society
against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be
destroyed, and tolerance with them.— In this formulation, I do not
imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance
of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by
rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion,
suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the
right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may
easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level
of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they
may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because
it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of
their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of
tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should
claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside
the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and
persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider
incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the
slave trade, as criminal."
Karl Popper.
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Quebec's parochial intellectual community should heed. They've taken to believing suppression of one's rights to preserve and protect another is acceptable; that secularism demands "equality." The latter being part of their Charter which is not my charter.
It has no universal appeal; it does not inspire others to emulate its content. It's a piece of divisive fluff.
If this be their position, then they missed the entire exercise of The Enlightenment. They're not liberals in the classical sense. They're tyrants; fascists; socialists and communists. That's all they are.
The individual, in Quebec, is submissive to the collective. And it's kept in line through punitive measures including repressing their right to freedom of expression in some cases opinion.
We are, truth be told, a laggard in Western civilization when it comes to liberty.
The most recent example of our distorted views on liberty comes by the hand of a Dawson College professor one Frederic Bastien (a name too close to Bastiat for my taste).
I'd rather not break this down because I've dealt with this issue enough on this blog. Suffice to say he repeats the usual gibberish about secularism to justify their questionable actions all while using absolutely ridiculous examples that should make any person with a decent grasp on critical thinking blush with embarrassment.
Mr. Bastien's argument summarized in the title of an article published in The Gazette:
On the contrary. It is the very essence of racism and xenophobia. There was no damn need for it.
Karl Popper.
****
Quebec's parochial intellectual community should heed. They've taken to believing suppression of one's rights to preserve and protect another is acceptable; that secularism demands "equality." The latter being part of their Charter which is not my charter.
It has no universal appeal; it does not inspire others to emulate its content. It's a piece of divisive fluff.
If this be their position, then they missed the entire exercise of The Enlightenment. They're not liberals in the classical sense. They're tyrants; fascists; socialists and communists. That's all they are.
The individual, in Quebec, is submissive to the collective. And it's kept in line through punitive measures including repressing their right to freedom of expression in some cases opinion.
We are, truth be told, a laggard in Western civilization when it comes to liberty.
The most recent example of our distorted views on liberty comes by the hand of a Dawson College professor one Frederic Bastien (a name too close to Bastiat for my taste).
I'd rather not break this down because I've dealt with this issue enough on this blog. Suffice to say he repeats the usual gibberish about secularism to justify their questionable actions all while using absolutely ridiculous examples that should make any person with a decent grasp on critical thinking blush with embarrassment.
Mr. Bastien's argument summarized in the title of an article published in The Gazette:
On the contrary. It is the very essence of racism and xenophobia. There was no damn need for it.
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