Samuel Johnson in 1776: "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" Close reader Eric Alterman: "Samuel Johnson is expressing contempt for liberty by criticizing hypocrisy of slave-owning American revolutionaries." https://twitter.com/Eric_Alterman/status/1405128990243840000 …
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Again, it's not an attack on free speech, it's an attack on people who opportunistically proclaim themselves free speech defenders but are selective about it. A moments reflection should make clear that this is not an uncommon type.
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