sarettah,
If you look at the whole world, I do not think there is a movement away from freedom of expression and speech. In Russia today there is much more freedom of the press than there once was. Glasnost. How about Latvia? Estonia? The entire Iron Curtain. How about Iran compared to 20 years ago? How about Uganda? Chile?
In the past in the US there was the Sedition Act of 1919, The Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism. These things come and go but there is nothing worse today than yesterday. In fact, I think you are quite more free to speak your mind in America than 50 years ago. Not that long ago blacks and women couldn't even vote in this country. What kind of voice was that?
This stuff has always gone on somewhere in the world at all times.
In the past in the US there was the Sedition Act of 1919, The Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism.
None of this is new and I do not see a trend away from freedom of speech.
Last edited by Colin at Nov 27 2002, 02:08 PM
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