On Tuesday “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate” appeared online, signed by 153 prominent artists and intellectuals. The letter stated, “The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.” The letter cited “an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty.”
“We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom, which cannot exist without each other. As writers we need a culture that leaves us room for experimentation, risk taking, and even mistakes.”
I’m certainly not in the company of people to asked to sign a letter like that, but if I were, I would be proud to sign it. I am really intolerant of intolerance. I like to think that I’ve always marched to the beat of a drummer that only I can hear.
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