This week, I address the topic of free speech, why it exists, and how it directly relates to your life.
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August 26th 2024 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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In this week’s edition, I address the topic of free speech, why it exists, and how it directly relates to your life from a societal perspective at large and on an individual level. Then, I talk with author, podcaster, and opinion columnist Coleman Hughes about why color blindness should be re-implemented as a cultural goal. From the archives, I discuss the significance of taking action and engaging in civic activities so as not to abdicate civic responsibility and leave power vulnerable to exploitation.
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Contend With Your Life By Utilizing Free Speech
I have been thinking about the right to free speech and why you have that right. Is it one right among many? It is often conceptualized that way. You are granted a set of rights by the state, one of which is the right to freedom of speech. Perhaps you have that right so you can pursue your own interests, so you can say what you want to say. Perhaps it is because you are a free person that you are granted that right. However, I do not think that is why functional states are necessarily predicated on the idea that their citizens have the right to free speech, nor do I think the reason the right to free speech exists is because the state allows it.
A society that does not make the space around each individual a sacred place where they can think freely fails precipitously and rapidly. It ossifies into something totalitarian where no one ever has to think because, in such a society, everything is already known. But obviously, that is never the truth. Or, it degenerates into chaos because people become so lost they cannot orient themselves anymore by thinking.
Rather, the state that does not allow free speech does not allow its citizens to think — because that is how you think. You think with speech. You think to yourself with speech. You ask yourself a question, and you get an answer; that is thought. You have an answer. It emerges to a question you ask yourself. Then, you analyze the answer, test it, and discuss it with other people to see if you can sharpen the answer. That is all the process of thought.
Unless you are able to contend with the conditions of your life in some deep manner, there is no possible way you can move forward. You must wrestle in that manner in order to move forward because life is complicated and difficult.
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Why “Anti-Racism” Is The Worst Form of Racism | Coleman Hughes | EP 474
In this episode, I talk with author, podcaster, and opinion columnist Coleman Hughes about why color blindness should be re-implemented as a cultural goal, the Marxist actors who have deliberately moved to repel it, the need for a meritocratic system, and instances when racial discrimination is appropriate.
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** From The Archives
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You Must Engage
We must be involved on the civic front. We cannot abdicate that responsibility because every part of civic responsibility that is abdicated will be taken up by tyrants — and it will be used against you. Engage in civic activity: a club, church, local organization, or charity. These organizations are understaffed and desperate for competent, reliable, hard-working individuals. Show up. Find out how you can be useful. Listen to people. If you are concerned with the state of society’s affairs, take action, get involved, and do something about it. The spirit of our institutions is viable, and we can take on the responsibility of our civic duty.
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