Truth Revolt, by Trey Sanchez, June 8, 2015:
British atheist writer and comedian Pat Condell’s latest YouTube video targets American progressives who seek to sabotage the First Amendment in a desire to criminalize speech they deem offensive.
With his tongue planted firmly in cheek, Condell delivers a scathing, though humorous, rebuke of Americans who are sitting on the sidelines watching their fundamental birthright being purged before their very eyes in the name of progress. His British perspective is unique as he admits his home country has long since bullied the right to free speech out of its citizens.
“The progressive tide is coming in, America, and it’s looking irreversible,” he warns. “Not least because the next generation is being carefully programmed right now by a progressive educational establishment to hold the First Amendment and all it represents in morally superior contempt.”
Though many of his videos are blows against liberal government, a great bulk of Condell’s offerings have targeted Islam and religion in general, including Christianity. Many have been offended by Condell’s words and many have leveled threats. Yet, Condell continues to exercise what little freedom he has left via these mini-episodes of free speech with a perspective perhaps only one from across the pond could truly understand. That is perhaps why his warning to America is so imperative:
You see, what you need to understand, America, is that feelings are the new truth, and truth is the new blasphemy in this brave new progressive world of ours. (I’m sorry, did I say brave? I meant cowardly, of course.)
To this mentality, the First Amendment isn’t simply an inconvenience, or an obstacle to be overcome. It’s a crime against humanity.
So the days of that pesky, troublesome First Amendment are clearly numbered, folks. And when you think of all the trouble it has caused, you can’t say that’s a bad thing. Well, you can now, obviously, but not for long.
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