re: The Chinese Threat to American Speech (The New York Times, October 20, 2019)
To do anything less than demand respect for the right to free speech, not only for Americans, but every person on the planet, even if that free speech is used to deeply offend others, is to reject a founding principle of democracy and liberty, one hard won and in need of constant vigilance to protect it from attacks not only by the despotic communists, fascists, religious bigots and other zealous ideologues, but also too often by the well-intentioned who would appease those tyrants in the name of expediency, sales, or even seeming respect for other values.
Free speech is fundamental not only to science and knowledge, to democracy and good governance, but to good morals.
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The above comment was submitted by Felix Qui to the The New York Times article.
It is published there at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/opinion/sunday/china-nba.html#commentsContainer&permid=103195123:103195123
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