BERTRAND RUSSELL'S VIEW OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUE LIBERALS AND FAKE ONES
Bob's introduction: The essence of this statement is that TRUE LIBERALS are not fascistic but instead are considerate of other's views. Today's "liberal" is not liberal at all. On colleges they routinely deny free speech to any opposing views. This stifling of free speech and thought makes today's liberal thinking the same as that of the mind-controlling government-media complex. True liberal thinking encourages ALL POINTS OF VIEW.
"The fundamental difference between the liberal and the illiberal outlook is that the former regards all questions as open to discussion and all opinions as open to a greater or lesser measure of doubt, while the latter holds in advance that certain opinions are absolutely unquestionable, and that no argument against them must be allowed be heard.
What is curious about this position is the belief that if impartial investigation were permitted it would lead men to the wrong conclusion, and that ignorance is, therfore, the only safeguard against terror.
This point of view cannot be accepted by any man who wishes reason rather than prejudice to govern human action."
Bertrand Russell from his book Freedom and the Colleges