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Well, as I’m on this list, I’m in a position to clarify this point: where does my piece say that Leigh is restricting anyone’s freedom to express an opinion? > On 14 Jan 2015, at 22:18, David P Á via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> > wrote: > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > That seems to be pretty badly grounded, and confuses freedom of > expression with freedom from criticism. It is clear from Leigh's article > that he's not saying anyone should be compelled to express solidarity > for Charlie, or to republish their work, or to not consider them > racists. So making a false equivalence between criticising the position > of those who do otherwise with restricting their freedom to express such > a position is incredibly disingenuous. > > --David. > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/leninstombblog%40googlemail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com