Free to Speak Freely

For John, BLUF:  Room must be made for unpopular opinions, otherwise it is tyranny.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

In the Opinion section of The New York Times we have this OpEd from Salman Rushdie, "Whither Moral Courage?"

I have seem comments saying that Mr Rushdie's examples in the US, Professor Noam Chomsky, the late Professor Edward Said and the Occupy Wall Street crowd are soft targets and do really face much opposition here in the Land of the Free, but even so, I think we need to be aware of the tendency of humans to not support those who take the path less traveled.  We are all poorer for it.

Worth reading and thinking about.

Regards  —  Cliff