It's from this article:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/a ... ume-review
Here it is:
“the reverse-Voltaires, whose slogan is, ‘I know I will detest what you say, and I will defend to the end of free speech my right to stop you saying it’
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“the reverse-Voltaires, whose slogan is, ‘I know I will detest what you say, and I will defend to the end of free speech my right to stop you saying it’
Flann 5 wrote:The article linked also included a review of the second installment of Richard Dawkin's memoirs titled "My life in Science; Brief Candle in the Dark."
The title is a revealing self perception as a light in the dark,presumably science or Richard illuminating and dispelling the darkness of religion.
Interestingly it's a metaphor Christianity uses for Christ as a light in the darkness of this world.
Also it's taken from a speech in one of Shakespeare's plays. Richard has no illusions of an afterlife. Once the candle burns out it's finished.
Here's the review; http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/a ... nce-review
I don't suppose he was ever tempted to title it;" My life is a tale told by a madman,full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."ant wrote:Yeah., you know, those "Brights" are our new saviors.
We’re surrounded by outrage-junkies – a snarling festival of mutual intolerance.
If by "public square" you mean spaces or time supported by public tax dollars, then the 1st amendment does prohibit certain forms of religious expression. For example placing a stone monument of the 10 commandments in a court house would be tantamount to establishing a Government religion.ant wrote:I read something that perfectly summarizes what atheism's political wing (atheists that constantly and belligerently hound and persecute religious expression in the public square) holds as its credo. It's from this article:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/a ... ume-review
Here it is:“the reverse-Voltaires, whose slogan is, ‘I know I will detest what you say, and I will defend to the end of free speech my right to stop you saying it’
Both of those decisions are very radical; considering them together, it's hard to imagine any limits other than a few technical legal restrictions. I expect free speech rights are less "radical" in the UK and Canada, where I've heard them say "We respect free speech, but we don't worship it."... Citizens United, the 2010 US supreme court ruling that opened the way for corporations to contribute unlimited funds to political causes, and, in effect, buy the leaders they want, most notably by funding political “attacks ads” on television. Here free speech is free speech for the rich and, by the same token, the silencing of the poor. For while the poor can say and publish what they want, they will not be heard by the mass of the electorate.