You can’t make up “news” this wacky.
Berkeley Kalifornia is obviously the center of leftist (Democratic) thought in this country. It USED to be known as the place where the “free speech” movement began. Free speech is GONE in Berkeley.
Dr. Richard Dawkins is the ATHEIST, Oxford College evolutionary biologist who is known for his anti-Christian views. He is (perhaps WAS) the DARLING of the LEFT. He himself is a self proclaimed LIBERAL thinker.
Dawkins was supposed to promote his new book in a talk that was to be broadcast tomorrow (Aug 9, 2017) on a LIBERAL talk radio station. His talk was banned from the radio station!
Why? Well as a good atheist, Dawkins not only has anti-Christian views (which is okay to the “progre-sissies“), he also has a negative view of MUSLIMS as well. He believes ALL religions are the “thoughts of children” and that SCIENCE defines everything.
In the unwritten laws of the Progre-sissy Nation, you can hate on Christians all you want, but if you hate on Muslims (the progressives’ chosen ones), you’ve crossed the LINE!
In a release from the radio station regarding banning Dawkins, “… we didn’t know he had offended and hurt — in his tweets and other comments on Islam, so many people. KPFA does not endorse hurtful speech. While KPFA emphatically supports serious free speech, we do not support abusive speech. We apologize for not having had broader knowledge of Dawkins views much earlier.” Highlights are mine.
Sheesh, you mean to tell me that the brain trust in Berkeley doesn’t know that “atheist” means “does not believe in the existence of any god“. Apparently the Progre-sissy Nation view is that “atheist” means “a disbelief in ONLY the Judeo-Christian God”. Once again, comments against Christians, OKAY. Comments against Muslims, NOT OKAY.
Dawkins calls out the “Regressive Left” (his words) as the instigators of his ban. He states that the Regressive Left has the belief that Muslims are a race, and not just believers of the Islamic faith. Therefore they classify his views as racist hate speech. I may not agree with most of Dawkins’ views but he is CONSISTENT in the application of his world view.
Free speech and the exchange of ideas, even those one may find abhorrent, USED to be valued and protected in the United States. Once again the “Progressive Left” shows their true colors and demonstrates that “Free Speech” is acceptable as long as it meets THEIR criteria of “Correct Speech“.
Orwell was right. “1984” just happened a little later than he predicted.