Bombs A-Weighed

Mark Steyn makes a point almost nobody else is making connecting the suppression of free speech with the rise of civil discord and violence:

The absence of a wide degree of vigorous free speech leads to “hate acts”, to violent societies where, in the absence of a culture of dissent, the state thinks nothing of, say, chopping you into dozens of pieces in its consulate.
Sending multiple bombs that will never reach their targets is an ineffective way to kill former presidents, vice-presidents, cabinet secretaries and movie stars …but it’s such an ingenious way to “hijack the debate” that you’d almost think that was its purpose.

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