This is edition 2025/172 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. Words, not witch hunts
Jillaine Heather
- 💨 Censorship Backfires – Suppressing speech often rebounds and harms those who once supported it.
- 🗣️ Free Speech Principle – All ideas, even hateful ones, must be openly debated rather than hidden.
- 🌞 Sunlight Disinfects – Exposing bad ideas to scrutiny is more effective than silencing them.
- 🚫 Punishment Fails – Firing or socially exiling people rarely changes their beliefs; it can entrench them.
- ⚖️ Beyond Politics – Free speech is a core democratic value, not a left-right issue.
- 🔁 Role Reversal Warning – Those who once opposed censorship now call for prosecutions and job losses over offensive remarks.
- 🏢 Private Employers’ Caution – Companies shouldn’t act as enforcers for online outrage mobs.
- 🥀 Violence Condemned – The murder of Charlie Kirk shows that killing someone doesn’t erase their ideas; it amplifies them.
- 🗯️ Counter-Speech Over Censorship – Respond to harmful ideas with persuasion and better arguments, not bans.
- 🕊️ Freedom’s Price – True liberty means tolerating uncomfortable or offensive opinions to keep the public square open and resilient.
