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Freedom of speech -- Canada.
Internet -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Mass media -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Political correctness -- Canada.
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Flanagan, Thomas, 1944-
Flanagan, Thomas, 1944-
Freedom of speech -- Canada.
Internet -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Mass media -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Political correctness -- Canada.
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Persona non grata : the death of free speech in the
Internet
age / Tom Flanagan.
by
Flanagan, Thomas, 1944-
Signal, 2014.
Call #:
323.443 F583p
Subjects
Flanagan, Thomas, 1944-
Freedom of speech
--
Canada
.
Internet
--
Social
aspects
--
Canada
.
Mass media
--
Social
aspects
--
Canada
.
Political correctness
--
Canada
.
ISBN:
9780771030536 (hc.)
Description:
248 p. : 22 cm.
Summary:
"From an acclaimed professor and former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a passionate and edgy defense of free speech in
Canada
, and the role the
internet
plays in the issue. In February 2013, Tom Flanagan, acclaimed academic, University of Calgary professor, and former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, made comments surrounding the issue of viewing child pornography that were tweeted from the event he was speaking at and broadcast worldwide. In the time it took to drive from Lethbridge to his home in Calgary, Flanagan's career and reputation were virtually in tatters. Every media outlet made the story front-page news, most of them deriding Flanagan and casting him as a pariah. He was made to apologize publicly for his use of words but the bottom line was that Tom Flanagan simply sounded an opinion (he in no way whatsoever suggested that he was anything but virulantly opposed to child pornography) in an academic setting. In effect, his university, several of his colleagues, and much of the media, including the CBC
--
and most of
Canada
!
--
made him persona non grata. This book is two things: The author's side of the story, and what he endured during what he calls 'The Incident,' and a passionate and convincing defense of free speech, not just in
Canada
but everywhere. The
internet
, a tool that is very much a double-edged sword when it comes to freedom of expression--it allows people to have an unfiltered voice to say what they want, but it also allows those to use it to be judge, jury and executioner against those whose opinions they disagree with. A sobering look into the kind of political correctness that has become a staple in the academic world. What happened to the author illustrates important tendencies in contemporary
Canada
threatening freedom of speech and discussion, and how the new technology is playing an increasing and menacing role"--Provided by publisher.
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