The Beast Goes On
a roundup of updates and outtakes on uptakes and other outrages
No Offense
‘In the ongoing debate over free speech, something that was solved by much smarter minds like Thomas Paine and John Stuart Mill centuries ago, the opposition camp cites “causing offense” as their greatest defense of censorship and also the surest sign of stupidity. The offense is always taken and never given. It’s a choice to be offended, and …