Censorship leads to dehumanization, which is the predecessor of political violence
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On September 10, the political commentator Charlie Kirk was killed. He not just died, he was not euphemistically “left”. He was killed in cold blood. Worse, he was maliciously shot dead when he participated in what he played for: Free and Civil Debats.
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As a society, we are obliged to condemn this violence as barbaric, unfair and anti -human. Not only did some of the Canadian media fail in this main task, but their answer was revealed by the pathogen, who infected our culture and politics: the forced spirit of censorship.
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CBC, for example, He quickly informed us This Kirk had some “contradictory” views – just a few hours after his confirmed death. While the published list does not make a clear conclusion, a subtle framing from political analysts involves the form of an unspoken argument: Charlie Kirk was killed, but the fact that he supposedly considered a “taboo” social and political views made a crime more acceptable.
This is clearly pointless – not to mention the completely narcissistic – a way to interpret the murder of Kirk. Nevertheless, this is that some in the main media were engaged in trade, and this should stop.
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The real answer to such a tragedy is not to the victim, but to constantly pursue the truth. The answer is to create spaces in civilian society, in which free discourse may prosper. The answer is to allow testing ideas in the court of public debate through argumentation.
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Despite this, the social spaces necessary for such a civil and human approach to disagreement are evaporated before our eyes. We need just a short walk along the memory lane for examples.
– A The proposed bill since 2024 would introduce violations of the “hateful speech” in the Criminal Code with the maximum fine in prison. Unfortunately, the Minister of Justice Sean Fraser said that the government will “freshly” look at the bill, and potentially lead to its repeated introduction.
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– In the tribunal “Human Rights” there is Putting a woman $ 10,000 For expressing disagreements and concern about the plan of her friend according to the surgical removal of her chest from her gender identity.
– Grandmother in Toronto was arrested for protest outside the abortion clinic.
– A Bill was accepted in Manitobe The prohibition is not only a protest, but also any attempt to convince a person not to have an abortion. In other words, the argument is now prohibited by law – even if a woman willingly change his mind.
The final irony is as follows: censorship is the most opposite to the spirit that prevents these tragedies. In fact, this leads to which dehumanization is the predecessor of political violence.
When you come across a person in the debate arena, you do not interact with an abstract essence. You do not speak with the wall of the text or a static image of the profile. You communicate with a person who reasoned his own path – for the better or for the worst – to the conclusion. The use of your intelligence to interact with this – for pushing, calling or improving ideas – perhaps one of the best examples of our humanity on a poetic display.
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Instead of considering free discourse as an antidote from bad ideas, censorship addresses them using force – that exactly that Kirka killer seemed to think what he was doing. The bullet that took the life of Kirk is the physical embodiment of the forced spirit, which animates the Canadian political class.
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They force us to support such sockets as CBC with our dollars. They force us not to speak in “protected” areas out of fear that it is possible – in an incomprehensible and terrible turn of events – peacefully changes the woman’s mind about abortion. They make us pay fines for expressing the difference in opinion about gender identity, even if they are based on anxiety. Strength, strength, strength.
Words are not violence. There is coercion. The culture of our political and media class creates – this is what will really lead to a larger number of riots. If this continues, we will inevitably build a society in which the truth is not in demand in the field of public debate, but is determined physically stronger.
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We are faced with the decision to become a phrasimach or Socrates. Frasimahus, as you know, argued that justice is a “advantage of the strong”, that Socrates is the most famous martyr of history for truth – rightfully.
Like Kirk, Socrates was executed for his desire for truth, regardless of the consequences. Like Kirk, he lived a much more full -fledged life – although he was reduced – than the hedonists who only strove for material benefit, because he lived in pursuit of truth.
Kirk could be American, but he represented the values on which Western societies are being built, including Canada. Our answer to his murder can change things for the better. This has a potential to become our turning point.
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– Liana Graham is a researcher in the field of domestic policy in the Heritage Fund.
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