Rasmus says: This article, written by John Dolan, appears to me like a pathetic display of misunderstood liberal attitudes, caused by fear of being left on the shelf. In case the US-American voters don't understand sober speech but only humiliating speech, one can write the U.S.'s democracy off as a dead loss. First and foremost, liberalism is tolerating dissent. That's what we can learn from (1) Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German politician (1871-1919): Freiheit nur für die Anhänger der Regierung, nur für Mitglieder einer Partei - mögen sie noch so zahlreich sein - ist keine Freiheit. Freiheit ist immer Freiheit der Andersdenkenden.(2) François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire, 1694-1778), the doyen of classical liberalism: Ne peut-on pas remonter jusqu’à ces anciens scélérat... |
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