Jacob, your academic bag is obviously "Free Speech" the bedrock without which Democracy cannot flourish. No one would disagree with that ideal.
But it would seem that this article is to again just to critisise and trash anything associated with the policies of the incoming administration of the democratically elected POTUS.
The Cold War was very different to what ails the world now with respect to authoritarian regimes and the attempt of many countries to shutter free speech.
Quote; "Accordingly, the stakes for global freedom of expression are very high indeed. Not only do European democracies lack economic and military clout, but they are actively undermining free speech at home with broad bans on hate speech and disinformation. Without a robust U.S. effort to uphold this value, at home and abroad, the free speech recession is likely to worsen."
One praises your altruism in this matter, but remove the beam from your eye before removing the mot from your brothers. The world has moved on and America is no model of purity in the attitude of for example, the left of the Democrat controlled States and the national Party, who continually attempt to shutter free speech in America, usuing the usual cloak of leftish ideology namely “sacrificial altruism.”
That and America is not "the policeman" of the World and Europe and the Westrern World indeed as you say "European democracies lack economic and military clout..."the reason being American interest and largess in supplying the dollars and technology without being fairly compensated for this military protection.
Vance has said America does not want European countries as vassals, which in military terms they most certainly are. America wants these countries to be freemen, masters and lords of their own destiny, and not relianant on America to tell them what to do or protect them from some other evil, military power.
The need for free speech has to come from within the populace of a country. It cannot be enforced but one agrees, free speech needs the support of all democracies and not just America alone.
Jacob, your academic bag is obviously "Free Speech" the bedrock without which Democracy cannot flourish. No one would disagree with that ideal.
But it would seem that this article is to again just to critisise and trash anything associated with the policies of the incoming administration of the democratically elected POTUS.
The Cold War was very different to what ails the world now with respect to authoritarian regimes and the attempt of many countries to shutter free speech.
Quote; "Accordingly, the stakes for global freedom of expression are very high indeed. Not only do European democracies lack economic and military clout, but they are actively undermining free speech at home with broad bans on hate speech and disinformation. Without a robust U.S. effort to uphold this value, at home and abroad, the free speech recession is likely to worsen."
One praises your altruism in this matter, but remove the beam from your eye before removing the mot from your brothers. The world has moved on and America is no model of purity in the attitude of for example, the left of the Democrat controlled States and the national Party, who continually attempt to shutter free speech in America, usuing the usual cloak of leftish ideology namely “sacrificial altruism.”
That and America is not "the policeman" of the World and Europe and the Westrern World indeed as you say "European democracies lack economic and military clout..."the reason being American interest and largess in supplying the dollars and technology without being fairly compensated for this military protection.
Vance has said America does not want European countries as vassals, which in military terms they most certainly are. America wants these countries to be freemen, masters and lords of their own destiny, and not relianant on America to tell them what to do or protect them from some other evil, military power.
The need for free speech has to come from within the populace of a country. It cannot be enforced but one agrees, free speech needs the support of all democracies and not just America alone.