I am very pleased to welcome author James Christie to this site to share his thoughts following the publication of the Open Letter to the Society of Authors.
It is deeply depressing that the freedom to disagree--which was, not so many years ago, considered the very emblem of liberal democracy--has been disallowed by a clique of people who have gained a considerable amount of control over society and are constantly seeking to gain more. How has this happened?
It is deeply depressing that the freedom to disagree--which was, not so many years ago, considered the very emblem of liberal democracy--has been disallowed by a clique of people who have gained a considerable amount of control over society and are constantly seeking to gain more. How has this happened?
Couldn't agree more. Which is why I think it is so important to fight it with every breath in our bodies.