Not that i always enjoy reading anything written by Andre because unfortunately, or maybe it is fortunate I just end up having to look into all the references. You actually realize that you have not read much yourself.
©Andre ZAAIMAN
The rancid and acrimonious public exchanges peppered with strong racial and gender undertones that mark what goes for public debate in South Africa, raises a question that may at first glance, seem preposterous: are we sliding into a form of “civil war by other means”?
Words, information and knowledge can easily become dangerous weapons of a different kind.
Although deliberation – a free and critical public dialogue – is an essential feature of a stable and robust democracy, it is by no means certain that its citizens will know how to engage in this civic art. Besides, freedom of speech and expression as civil liberties are necessary but not sufficient conditions for this (that is inclusive, deliberative and equitable democracy) to happen: amongst many other things the citizenry has to be capable and the body politic free too.
But what does this freedom mean?
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