[FRIAM] Freedom of opinion or fascist trap
Jochen Fromm
jofr at cas-group.net
Fri Jun 5 07:32:43 EDT 2020
The NY Times op ed from Tom Cotton named "Send in the troops" has caused a bit of a controversy, even inside the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.htmlThe NY Times is trying to represent the whole spectrum of politically significant opinions. If they only print opinions that fit to one worldview they are making propaganda. If they publish all kinds of opinions, they may support fascism, authoritarianism or racism.How do you solve this dilemma? Did they fall into a trap now because they have supported the rise of fascism by printing this opinion, as Jason Stanley, the author of "How fascism works" says?-J.
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