American Greatness published Dennis Prager’s column about conservative values, the first of several, and in this one, Mr Prager zeroes in on the loss of our First Amendment right to free speech:
. . . Liberty is a liberal value as
well as a conservative value, but it has never been a left-wing value. Liberty
cannot be a left-wing value because the more liberty individuals have, the less
power the government has. Conversely, the weaker the state, the weaker the
Left.
This especially holds true for the
greatest of all liberties—free speech.
Free speech is a fundamental
conservative value, and it has been a fundamental liberal value. But it has
never been a left-wing value. For that reason, everywhere the Left is
dominant—government, media, universities—it stifles dissent. The reason is
simple: No left-wing movement can survive an open exchange of ideas. Leftist
ideologies are emotion- and power-based, not reason- or morality-based. So,
leftists cannot allow honest debate. They do not argue with opponents; they
suppress them.
For the first time in American
history, freedom of speech is seriously threatened—indeed it has already been
seriously curtailed. With the ascent of the Left, the inevitable suppression of
free speech is taking place. . . .
Mr Prager’s full column is here.
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