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It's one thing to speak truth to power, and quite another to bully. I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
On the other hand, maybe you can. I am instantly reminded of Michael Moore's interview of Charlton Heston in Bowling for Columbine. Since my first viewing of that movie, it felt to me like harassment. Sort of like a happy-slappy video.
Then again, as Galbraith said,
In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.
My point is that there is no clear line between 'truth to power' and 'bullying' without understanding the audience that 'freedom of speech' addresses. I agree that in many, perhaps most, cases it is easy to see which is which (usually because the law is clear). But there are also cases in which the messaging can only be defined by the supposed intent. You can't be me, I'm taken
What? There's no clarity in who has power over whom in most situations? I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
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