Juno News - Whatever happened to free speech？

00:00:00.000 whatever happened to free speech more and more people are saying asking lamenting as they see

00:00:11.280 all these stories of individuals being mobbed silenced de-platformed for their opinions it's

00:00:17.040 a good question and i think i have something resembling an answer something that i've seen

00:00:21.840 increasing more and more over recent years coming to a fever pitch really just this year which is

00:00:27.600 that people seem to feel entitled now to get indignant shocked and surprised to learn that not

00:00:35.200 everybody thinks exactly like them it is very bizarre i don't know where this has come from

00:00:40.640 in the united states in canada you have only us you have two main political parties in canada you

00:00:45.120 have three or four and it just stands to reason that there's going to be results in those elections

00:00:50.080 where the vote is split not everybody is uniform in it so it should not surprise you that some people

00:00:55.680 you know maybe even your neighbors maybe even your family members vote a different way than you do

00:01:00.240 maybe they have a slightly different opinion on some of the big issues of the day and and that's just

00:01:05.360 how a free society works and you may you may hold your views very strongly very proudly whatever views

00:01:12.320 they are on the spectrum on whatever issue okay that's fine but you've you've got to just understand

00:01:18.000 as a human being out and about in society that other people are also going to hold their views

00:01:23.040 passionately and and informed views still different ones than you but they've just come to different

00:01:28.720 conclusions i i know most of you are just nodding saying why are you even bothering covering this

00:01:32.560 territory yes we know human beings are diverse they think in very diverse ways but we've increasingly

00:01:37.920 seen people i think just be shocked to learn that folks don't think like them don't vote like them and

00:01:44.640 that is what has increased and worsened and i think what has caused so much of this tension we're

00:01:49.840 seeing right now for years now i've been appearing on tv panels radio panels where there are people

00:01:54.640 who think a complete 180 for me and i'm never flabbergasted by it and i think here's the other

00:02:00.240 point i never go hmm that person disagrees with me well i have to go and get them and i have to i have to

00:02:07.520 find a way to make them lose the things that are important to them their jobs or their platform or what

00:02:13.200 have you and punish them for this who thinks like that but more and more people are getting indignant

00:02:18.640 to learn people don't think like them and then they want to pile on them and have them lose

00:02:23.920 things and make them suffer for it and that is so sad that's where we're at right now and we really

00:02:29.760 need to take a step away from that and just realize yeah human beings have all different perspectives

00:02:35.520 and that's what happens in a free society because if you don't anymore and if you're not

00:02:39.520 able to have those different perspectives well then are you still a free society

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Juno News - July 02, 2020