Steyn is right. We need to turn up. The tolerant, open-minded, resilient society we grew-up in wasn't the result of earnest conversation, but the product of an amnesty after centuries of conflict involving not just social, but physical harm.
The terms of the amnesty were that I was free to say what I wanted, as long as you were too. Not really a celebration of my right to speak, but a grudging recognition of yours.
But you won't renew the amnesty without a war.
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