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On The Unfortunate Murder Of Kalburgi And The Left's Hypocrisy

Aravindan NeelakandanSep 04, 2015, 05:12 PM | Updated Feb 11, 2016, 09:20 AM IST
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What is the oppositional value of caricaturing religion in a formally secular nation, particularly if the targeted faith is that of a demonised minority who are often pilloried as enemies of the state anyway?




The notion of “power” is being ignored in our thinking about free speech in liberal democracies. Liberalism may encourage liberty and autonomy in speech and expression, but we are not abstract individuals freely expressing our thoughts in an ideal society. We are thrown into a shared and coexistent world where power relations obscure the suspicious neatness of liberalism





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