We also give our linkage policy here, which is most important in understanding this page. A Few of the Birdman's Many Quotations on Free Speech and Truth Free speech is offensive speech. The reason men are silenced is not because they speak falsely, but because they speak the truth. A good writer should be both insightful and inciteful. The best ideas are those alive with manly vigor, which rape each virgin mind and fill it with the seed of unborn thoughts.
Free speech is an act of desperation.
To be taken seriously, you must first offend. The point is, men will rarely think new thoughts without a jolt, and if you expect them to think the ones you have, then you must first crash your way into their consciousness. Truth has no manners. It is no respecter of persons. It wounds kings as deeply as commoners.