“This was a good example of the fascist policing of public discourse in this country by nominal liberals who have become as unthinkingly wedded to dogma as any junior member of the Spanish Inquisition.” CountryPoliticsExampleMembersDogmaDiscourseJuniorsFascistsGood ExamplesInquisitionPublic DiscourseSpanish Inquisition Author:Camille Paglia
“At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.” MediaPoliticianWestGrantedCorporationsDiscoursePublic DiscourseMoguls Author:David Puttnam
“I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.” DiscoursePublic Discourse Author:Bob Etheridge
“It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been willing to admit, on the existence and support of certain social assumptions and practices: the belief that each and every human being possesses great and inherent value, the willingness to respect the rights of others even at the cost of some disadvantages to one's self, the ability to defer some immediate benefits for the sake of long-range goals, and a regard for reason-giving and civility in public discourse.” GivingHumansLongHas BeensSelfReasonCertainValuesCultureBeliefSocialGoalHuman BeingsAbilityExistencePracticeSupportRightsWillingDependsBecomingCostBenefitsRegardSakeRangeAssumptionLiberalismWillingnessRegimesInherentDiscourseCivilityDisadvantagesTheoristsPersonal FreedomPublic Discourse Author:Mary Ann Glendon