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Pickard on the Threat to Freedom

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably… The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged." “We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, is all ancient history. Then, before you can blink an eye, suddenly, it threatens to start all over again… villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged… she, or someone like her, will always be with us. Waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness… Vigilance… that is the price we have to continually pay.” There have been moral authoritarians, in the past; we have them in the present, with our ‘political correctness’ zealots and social justice warriors. Moreover, we’ll have them in the future. There’s no end to the struggle for freedom to think, to speak and to hear.