The health of public life depends on a willingness to recognise people's talents and forgive their foibles. The British have taken to doing the opposite
is once again at the centre of a firestorm. The philosopher recently gave an interview to the deputy editor of theGeorge Eaton, in which he ranged over numerous subjects on the assumption that, as a former wine critic for the magazine, he was on friendly turf. Mr Eaton published some of the “highlights” of the interview on Twitter, chosen, and indeed edited, to make them look as outrageous as possible. A Twitter storm ensued.
Though the situation in Britain is not as bad as in America, where the public square is piled high with the bodies of the disgraced, it is heading that way. Brexit has divided the country into warring tribes who loathe each other. The combination of the rise of populism and the rise of identity politics is poisonous: identity politics encourages people to confuse criticism of their arguments with criticism of their person, and populism encourages them to trample over the rights of minorities.
How can Britain’s public square be saved from ongoing destruction? It is not enough just to push back hard when you are confronted with an outraged mob. That risks handing the initiative to the mob and making yourself look foolish whenever the mob happens to have a kernel of truth in its complaints. Rather, it is important to act on the basis of principles.The most important one is that free speech is the core of a liberal society.
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