Who owns the truth?

In the 20th century, truth was something states edited.

History became a tool of power — and a threat to it.

Read it:
https://brewminate.com/who-owns-the-truth-historiography-memory-laws-and-the-politics-of-the-past-in-the-20th-century/

#Brewminate #History #Censorship #MemoryLaws #WhoOwnsTheTruth

They’re not just banning books anymore.

They’re putting history on trial.

We should all be alarmed.

https://brewminate.com/policing-the-past-when-history-itself-is-put-on-trial/

#Brewminate #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #MemoryLaws #HistoryUnderFire

#FreeSpeech #CivilLiberties #FirstAmendment #MemoryLaws

In the #USA we are due for a conversation on free speech and what permissible restrictions the law should entertain to ensure the future of #democracy and to guard against political violence.

#ACLU and others give wide berth to hate groups like the one below.

Is it time we think about how to balance the right of free speech against our interest in upholding democracy's core values? Should hate get a platform?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34ane/neo-nazi-homeschool-ohio