A willingness to think publicly

In Australia, one avoids talking about politics, religion and sex. "Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction. A willingness to think publicly." >>
https://theconversation.com/as-beautiful-as-they-were-powerful-jon-kudelkas-political-cartoons-were-made-with-true-conviction-275538

https://www.kudelkashop.com/
Image: Jon Kudelka
#PublicSphere #parrhesia #Australia #wildlife #art #climate #FossilFuels

Parrhesia had been used for a thousand years to denote "freedom of speech."

#parrhesia #language #meaning #history

Banksy mural of judge beating protester scrubbed from London court

"It depicted a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-splattered placard while a judge in a traditional wig and black gown beats him with a gavel. The stencilled spray painting appeared on an exterior wall of the iconic Royal Courts of Justice on Monday."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-11/banksy-mural-of-judge-beating-protester-scrubbed-off-in-london/105760478
#ProtectProtest #law #parrhesia #RuleOfLaw #protest

The Ancient Greeks understood the difference between the freedom to say anything (#parrhesia) and defending a wide equality in sharing ideas for the public good (#isegoria). Edgelords favor the former but their trolling deters speech, being an attack on the latter. To stand up for democracy and an open culture, we must be harsh towards efforts to force speech on others but gentle with any actions that limit anybody's access to others' speech. #fediblockmeta #SocialWeb

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/two-concepts-of-freedom-of-speech/546791/

Vous l'attendiez, la voilà : la nouvelle édition de #GrEEK ma newsletter LinkedIn entièrement dédiée aux questions de numérique responsable où des rapports compliqués entre #IA écologie, énergie et biodiversité.

#nobullshit #parrhesIA #greenwAIshing

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#parrhesia Hier lässt sich nachlesen, was politischer Anstand ist, und was M. Foucault mit Blick auf die griechische Antike 'parrhesia' nannte.

https://www.fes.de/adsd50/otto-wels

The Laingian concept of #hypersanity, though modern, has ancient roots.

Once, upon being asked to name the most #beautiful of all things, #Diogenes the Cynic (412-323 BCE) replied #parrhesia, which in Ancient Greek means something like ‘uninhibited #thought’, ‘free #speech’, or ‘full #expression’.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-hypersane-are-among-us-if-only-we-are-prepared-to-look