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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable TruthÂŽ
Episode: The Unwoke
Description: Ironically, in these very liberal times weâre experiencing the greatest restrictions on free speech I can remember: in the media, on social media, in schools, in workplaces. Itâs like Animal Farm, you have to read whatâs on the barn wall this morning and whatâs been removed from it.
We distort meaning in order not to offend an issue thatâs not really offensive. We talk of âmicro-aggressionsâ which seem like excuses to brand someone a racist or worse. We seem to be on eggshells about racism but ignore the boulders of anti-Semitism descending all around us.
Weâre expected...