Speaking truth to power

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Following my Blog about the justification or otherwise, my claim that the anti-Semite lobby are not only over the top in their attempt to close down discussion on the whys and wherefore of of Judaism but do their cause great harm. Program after program bring the subject up, hours of discussion reminding us of the evils of anti-seminitism.  It's as if there is an agenda, a lobby who will not let the matter rest.

If you say something often enough it becomes established, it becomes the de facto position which everyone confirms is theirs. It's a well established tactic if you want to alter a societies freedom to think for itself. 

I was listening to a debate on Feminism only this morning and it was significant, of how angry and how intolerant of the anti-feminist views which were being expressed by another woman who's pitch was that the feminists were in danger of driving a wedge between men and women rather an trying to assimilate a union. Both feminists were well known female politicians.  I have never seen them as angry on a subject. It occurred to me that if they could express such vehemence on matters of real social divergence we might have even better more realistic political outcomes which is surely why we voted for them.

The intensity and the vehemence of the put downs seemed directly in proportion to some sort of 'blind intolerance' of any other take on the matter. It seemed impossible to give an inch or to accept that anyone can hold an alternate view and still be socially benign. The extremists are the "others", the only intolerant people are those who tolerate another interpretation.

In so many ways the definition of "fascist" comes to mind. A fascist is a person who is; authoritarian, totalitarian, dictatorial, autocratic and undemocratic.  

The pressure and the blind surety of purpose describe so many of the protagonists who fall under the banner, advocates of Political Correctness. There is no debate, they have centre stage, in their minds they occupy the only stage.  There can be no discussion since to discuss the subject would allow just a chink of light which might, in itself throw greater light on the complexity which is society itself. The shades and variation in the human story have no place in their fascist agenda. 

"Speaking truth to power" has no place in their modus operandi.