The CFI have created a video contest called the Campaign for Free Expression, and it’s one I felt would be a good thing to put my smiling face behind. They even have their own video up, and it’s excellent.
Free speech and free expression are tricky for a lot of people. We recognize that we ought to be able to say what we want, but we have trouble when people say things that we are ardently against. For many people, it’s one thing to say that a rock star should be allowed to say That Durned F Word on his record and another entirely for someone to say that the Holocaust didn’t happen. Me, as much as I hate seeing the hate literature that from time to time crosses my path (not to mention religious people spreading their lies, ex-girlfriends who refer to me as being morally bankrupt, and people who argue that global warming is a conspiracy of the liberal media just to name a few) I believe that we all have the right to hold and communicate our opinions. If I can say that someone hasn’t got the right to say what they believe, what right then do I have to do the same? Or more properly put, when did being the most popular belief equate to being right?
I don’t know if I have any resources available to take part in this project. I’m going to talk with Boy Infidel and see if us Meddling Kids can put something together (he’s the artistic creativity behind this operation), but either way, I strongly encourage you… yes, YOU! to take part, to enjoy the videos, and to think long and hard about freedom of expression and free speech.
Jim
