Do liberty and political rights still have a role in the digital age? | Australia Censored
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Published 2024-03-26
John and Scott discuss the threats to free speech at home and abroad and poses the question: do classical enlightenment principles of liberty and political rights still have a role in the digital age?
Scott explains how they are more valid than ever and provides a deep and provocative defence of the principles of Western Civilisation.
The discussion also looks at the problems posed by the internet, recent court cases dealing with free speech issues, how Australia's misinformation laws will not only rob us of our free speech but also our day in court.
Scott and John also explore the philosophy of free speech from Hobbes to Hayek, and from the ancient Greeks to the great Bill Leak.
Over the coming weeks, John will be talking to leading thinkers about proposed new internet censorship laws in Australia, the importance of freedom of speech, and how the political class and elites are trying to silence mainstream opinion online.
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SHOW NOTES:
Death of the Scottish Enlightenment: dailysceptic.org/2024/03/20/r-i-p-the-scottish-enl…
All Comments (16)
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Excellent
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Thank you! This was excellent, very insightful. I'm subscribing and will share everywhere.
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Well said! Thanks for putting this together. On the topic of anxious children... Parents need to play a part in avoiding the bad influences of the internet on their children. Also, is the increase in prevalence of anxious children linked to the increase in 'one-child-families'?
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Politicians 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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They better not try it here
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Nobody seems to be interested in introducing a Bill of Rights for Australia, including yourselves. So don’t complain if you’re not prepared to do something about it.
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The IPA. Where truth goes to die!
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how do we support you in what you do?
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It’s amazing how everyone refers to the Internet age. So what you are saying is before the Internet the ‘people’ were so poorly informed how the hell could they have had an opinion?
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2900 views but only a hand full of comments. And those are bland . Who is censoring who . The internet and our children .. the biggest problem there is 30 second none informed opinions with no content. That slames our children tic tok and YouTube are to blame.
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Even if there were restrictions on underaged gambling, alcohol, cigarettes and pawn, the underaged will just simply identify as 18.
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One of the more censored comment sections I've found.
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Have not heard of either of these IPA nothings before. Hope to hear nothing more about them.
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Who checks the fact checkers?
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Too far from Ucraine. U understand nothing. Why supporting Zelenski? He is jew installed president.
