{"id":12267,"date":"2019-04-23T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=12267"},"modified":"2019-04-23T09:31:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:31:28","slug":"free-speech-political-freedom-and-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/free-speech-political-freedom-and-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech, Political Freedom, and Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mt-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mt.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em> <br>The Left&#8217;s dreadful fear of mockery of its grandiose pretensions.  <\/em><\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>FrontPage Mag<\/strong>, by Bruce Thornton &#8212; April 23, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At the Freedom Center\u2019s recent West Coast Retreat, I made some remarks  on a panel about one-party rule and free speech. By chance, my comments  about the role of comedy in reinforcing political freedom and equality  were perfectly illustrated that evening by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/273492\/video-milo-yiannopoulos-stars-rep-ilhan-omar-frontpagemagcom\"><em>Milo Yiannopoulos\u2019 scathing impersonation<\/em><\/a><em> of Rep. Ilhan Omar. An identity-politics hustler, vulgar anti-Semite, and master of jihadist taqiyya, Omar represents the totalitarian virus that democratic comedy and free speech have for 2500 years been the vaccines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Indeed, the idea of free speech was born in ancient Athens at the same  time political comedy was. Both followed the world-transforming  creation of political freedom and equality for the masses, including the  poor. The masses were more diverse in their interests, mores, and  education, compared to the more uniform aristocratic or oligarchic  elite. For the mass of citizens to exercise its right to contribute to  public deliberations over policy, then, they had to be free to openly  speak their minds in their own ways and by their own standards. As  Sophocles said, \u201cFree men have free tongues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/273540\/free-speech-political-freedom-and-comedy-bruce-thornton\">https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/273540\/free-speech-political-freedom-and-comedy-bruce-thornton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Left&#8217;s dreadful fear of mockery of its grandiose pretensions. 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