More criticism of a Guardian article

My response to this Guardian article:

Actually, they are brave.

Why? Because a person who truly speaks his mind is: whether what he says is controversial, orthodox, true, right, nice, or even intelligent.

Freedom of speech is meaningless if it's moderated externally. A person who finds he's treading on eggshells will never find his true voice if he's silenced at every turn. To Hell with people like yourself who try to do so, or bend minds with your thinly veiled, moralistic claptrap.

It's absolutely, utterly ridiculous to compare the criticism of a belief system - and try to pass it off as "Islamophobia" - with the ridicule of the handicapped, taunting of homosexuals or the burning of witches. How on Earth did you get your silly article printed in a major newspaper? Are the editorial staff there fools?

What you advocate is thought policing. It isn't any more "brave" to go along with the homogenized masses who accept the manipulations of political correctness without question.

That is far more cowardly.

You say "To align yourself with the powerful and then take aim at the powerless takes not one ounce of valour". Really? Who says so?

The "powerless" have been manipulating with that argument for years. They're the little thugs that scream blue murder when the bigger guy they've just kicked actually kicks back. They're the ones who screan "injustice" when the majority no longer accept their witterings.

Attempting to impose shame upon people for agreeing with the majority is what you're attempting to do in your article. I don't fall for it, and I'm certain that there are many, many people "out there" who think the way I do, too.

In fact, I know there are.


Jack Lee