Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas.
I remember when “the silent majority” were the ultra conservative and religious nutjobs who helped bring Reagan to power.
I don’t know, but I don’t think they were the majority and they certainly weren’t being very quiet, let alone silent. Now, of course, we can hardly hear ourselves think for all the racket they make.
I’m just hoping that the actual majority is at least mildly progressive so we can keep things moving forward. And it is definitely time for that progressive majority, if it exists, to stop being silent. Part of having free speech is the burden of speaking up and flooding the public square with good and honorable speech.
I remember when “the silent majority” were the ultra conservative and religious nutjobs who helped bring Reagan to power.
I don’t know, but I don’t think they were the majority and they certainly weren’t being very quiet, let alone silent. Now, of course, we can hardly hear ourselves think for all the racket they make.
I’m just hoping that the actual majority is at least mildly progressive so we can keep things moving forward. And it is definitely time for that progressive majority, if it exists, to stop being silent. Part of having free speech is the burden of speaking up and flooding the public square with good and honorable speech.