A protest is going to be held in Moscow against free speech. 100,000 people are planning to attend in support of the idea that the speech which offends religion should be illegal.

This is especially hilarious in Russia where, for the obvious historical reasons, nobody is religious. Of course, since nobody in the country knows much about any religion, it will be very easy to ban pretty much any kind of speech as offensive to some vaguely religious sentiments.

The situation where 100,000 of atheists  are marching to ban free speech on religious grounds is seriously funny.

As further reading, I want to recommend to you the most brilliant post anybody has written in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack. Read until the very end. It’s really powerful.

8 responses to “Atheists Against Free Speech”

  1. Jonathan Mayhew Avatar
    Jonathan Mayhew

    I had to click to see who was the author of such a brilliant post.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      I think you might actually know the author. 🙂

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  2. musteryou Avatar

    I have a big gaping, open mouth. Can someone cut me off at the neck?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Ay yay yay! What do you think? Is this going to be Africa’s future? What can be done to help the continent move forward?

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      1. J. Otto Pohl Avatar

        I certainly hope not. But, the Sahel belt dividing the Muslim North from the Christian South accross Mali, Niger, Chad, northern Nigeria, CAR, Chad, and Sudan seems to be undergoing a revival of sectarian conflict laid over other issues.

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  3. thelyniezian Avatar

    Hasn’t there been something of a revival of religion in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, though?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Yes, there’s been a revival and now a whole 2% of Russians practice. That’s a spike compared to what there’d been before, but still, 2% is such a tiny number (and it isn’t growing) that any discussion of religion being relevant to Russia is very bizarre. Religious practice was given up for generations. There is no coming back from that.

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