Is it ever acceptable to suppress and silence a political opponent, party or person you disagree with? Do two wrongs ever make a right? In today's episode we zero in on Herbert Marcuse's 1965 essay, "Repressive Tolerance," and its alleged "justification" for the cancel culture we see today. This episode demonstrates why no Christian, no person of good will and no one who values Western civilization and its tradition of free speech and open debate can support Marcuse's radical ideas.
Repressive Tolerance, essay by Herbert Marcuse in A Critique of Pure Tolerance, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1969
How Not to Resolve the Paradox of Tolerance, New Discourses, January 26, 2021 (part 1 of 4 part series analyzing Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance).
Life in Herbert Marcuse's World, New Discourses, June 2, 2022 (explaining why we live in Marcuse's world).