Stifling Free Speech Undermines Democracy

In this instance Faisal Khan Suri was offended because a Conservative Member of Parliament, Michael Cooper, had the unmitigated gall to refer to the 74-page manifesto of New Zealand mass shooting suspect Brenton Tarrant, accused of killing 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, N.Z., who rejected "conservatism." Cooper shared the information to counter Suri's sweeping allegations about Conservative commentators from the manifesto of another mass shooter; "Bissonnette's online history (which) showed he repeatedly sought out "alt-right and conservative commentators."

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