Posted by
On the Right on Friday, September 28, 2007 5:55:55 PM
An excellent post at Captain's Quarters blog about free speech [part below], what it does and does not mean, check it out and please follow the link to the Jonah Goldberg column.
For a nation birthed on the concept of free speech, we seem to have a
very poor understanding of the concept. Jonah Goldberg notices this in
his NRO column today, and uses the case of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia to make the point:
People lose the meaning of its non-confiscatory nature. Freedom of speech does not confer upon anyone the right to be published.
Nor does it impose on other citizens the duty to listen or to
acknowledge the speech. Most importantly, it does not grant an immunity
from criticism for the speech one gives -- because that would also
constrain free speech.