The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #161443   Message #3836285
Posted By: Jim Carroll
02-Feb-17 - 10:36 AM
Thread Name: Why sing protest songs to each other?
Subject: RE: Why sing protest songs to each other?
"My conversation is totally about the right to express thoughts through music, do you disagree with that ?"
Of course not, but if your message is one of intolerance and bigotry , your "freedom" becomes another's oppression.
I've got tired of hearing extremists moan that their inability to openly express their bigotry is an attack on free speech - it is just the opposite.
It ensures freedom from oppression and hatred - that's why we have "liberal laws" against incitement to race hatred, for instance - helps stop petrol being poured through letter-boxes
I've also got tired of hearing terms like "political correctness", "do-gooder" and "bleeding heart" (and low, "liberal" it seems) used as an excuse for bigotry
We live in a multi-cultural, multi-faith world and some people need to come to grips with that fact
Jim Carroll