Bret Weinstein: Speech is our right and our duty.

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"Speech is our right and our duty. It is the alternative to violence, coercion, and tyranny. And whether the force that presently intimidates us is foreign, domestic, or some hybrid of the two, we are duty-bound to confront it, to peaceably assemble, to speak without hesitation about our grievances. I say the calculus is clear because the targeting of our civil liberties tells us where we are headed. If we don't stand up now.
The slight relief we feel in the present will be replaced in short order by the suffering and horror experienced by those who face a historic atrocity. We must stare down this threat. We have no choice.
We must speak out loud about our doubts and fears, as that old song would have it. Now, as long as we're on the topic of fears, let's confront one directly. If, as the event proceeds, you find yourself faced with someone displaying Nazi symbols, inciting violence, or lawlessness, or you encounter a group of people dressed in paramilitary garb, those are assuredly federal agents. Thank them for their service, and move on."

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