........If an argument cannot stand the test of being pushed to an “extreme,” then it is not valid in the least-extreme scenario either. Today’s anti-free-speech radicals have a closed mind when it comes to hearing extreme cases, because extreme cases highlight logic. Thus, the only way they can protect their positions is to silence those who speak out against them.
Today, though they pretend to be at odds with one another, the truth is that Republicans and Democrats pretty much agree on basic principles, especially the belief that some form of socialism is desirable. And they certainly see no need to argue extreme cases of what happens when a country adopts socialism, because they are in agreement that “it could never happen here.”
Hmm … tell that to the tens of millions of Germans, Russians, and Chinese who perished under the socialist rule of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. Too bad no one wants to consider extreme cases like these as we continue to accept the stifling of free speech with only feigned bit of indignation here and there.
R.I.P. free speech.