Free speech and expression are rather like a genie in a bottle.
They cannot be put back in.
The attempt to scrub MP Michael Cooper's words, which included the odious alleged murderer, Brandon Tarrant's admiration for the basic dictatorship of China, is such an example.
Pretending that Brandon Tarrant did not exist and that his words were never expressed is a futile gesture at most:
This China:
Tarrant said those words. Cooper repeated them. He did so to make a point to those who equated conservatism with violence that the comparison is obnoxious, inflammatory and plainly untrue.
Attempting to scrub these words from existence is akin to using codenames for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman so that his name would not come up during computer searches and the public would never understand the full extent of how a government attempted to railroad a man.
Kind of like pretending that a massacre of students in China never happened.
Or this:
No wonder this country won't stop trading with China. It enjoys mimicking it.
They cannot be put back in.
The attempt to scrub MP Michael Cooper's words, which included the odious alleged murderer, Brandon Tarrant's admiration for the basic dictatorship of China, is such an example.
Pretending that Brandon Tarrant did not exist and that his words were never expressed is a futile gesture at most:
"The nation with the closest political and social values to my own is the People’s Republic of China.”
This China:
China is taking its censorship campaign to new heights ahead of the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, according to critics and several censors who spoke anonymously to Reuters and the Associated Press.
Tarrant said those words. Cooper repeated them. He did so to make a point to those who equated conservatism with violence that the comparison is obnoxious, inflammatory and plainly untrue.
Attempting to scrub these words from existence is akin to using codenames for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman so that his name would not come up during computer searches and the public would never understand the full extent of how a government attempted to railroad a man.
Kind of like pretending that a massacre of students in China never happened.
Or this:
In a disturbing and brutally ironic moment, the video feed of free speech advocates Lindsay Shepherd, Mark Steyn, and John Robson was shut down.
And the people who shut it down are the people who are supposed to be defending our freedom and rights – MPs.
At the Standing Committee for Justice and Human Rights, where @NewWorldHominin @MarkSteynOnline and @thejohnrobson are testifying on online hate at 8:45. Watch live here: https://t.co/CK0NHsE2dr pic.twitter.com/rmO2Fb1458— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) June 4, 2019
No wonder this country won't stop trading with China. It enjoys mimicking it.
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