and for that reason I think it's important he's given a voice, listened to, and shouted down.
I love how this becomes the instant rationalization for Griffin's right to be given a roundtable debate of his ideas on the BBC, that he will inevitably be "shouted down," so it's okay to let him into the "free speech" arena.
What if he weren't shouted down? What if the entire audience suddenly erupted into applause at his first utterance of an idea? It seems like what you're saying is that this is all alright, because he's not likely to see any support, and in fact, he's likely to get bludgeoned. And certainly this episode of Question Time was set up specifically for that purpose. I don't think there can be any argument that he was not set up to fall, inasmuch as any setting up for that fate were required. You think he was given a "fair shake," but he actually wasn't. And while that's a good thing, I think it would have been even better not to waste the peoples' money on the arranged butchery, and to just have kept him off TV altogether.
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I love how this becomes the instant rationalization for Griffin's right to be given a roundtable debate of his ideas on the BBC, that he will inevitably be "shouted down," so it's okay to let him into the "free speech" arena.
What if he weren't shouted down? What if the entire audience suddenly erupted into applause at his first utterance of an idea? It seems like what you're saying is that this is all alright, because he's not likely to see any support, and in fact, he's likely to get bludgeoned. And certainly this episode of Question Time was set up specifically for that purpose. I don't think there can be any argument that he was not set up to fall, inasmuch as any setting up for that fate were required. You think he was given a "fair shake," but he actually wasn't. And while that's a good thing, I think it would have been even better not to waste the peoples' money on the arranged butchery, and to just have kept him off TV altogether.