Yeah, He's a Progressive, Too
Of the Internet, Al Gore says: "We must ensure by all means possible that this medium of democracy's future develops in the mold of the open and free marketplace of ideas that our Founders knew was essential to the health and survival of freedom."
For more progressive thinking, read the text of the media conference speech by the man America elected to the presidency in 2000.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/06/D8D2IU703.html
For more progressive thinking, read the text of the media conference speech by the man America elected to the presidency in 2000.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/06/D8D2IU703.html
posted by All4Word at 8:17 PM
1 Comments:
I'm sorry, but that speech is a laughable interpretation of american history. The most delusional is the following statement regarding the mythical "marketplace of ideas" that supposdedly existed in early america:
1) It was open to every individual, with no barriers to entry, save the necessity of literacy. This access, it is crucial to add, applied not only to the receipt of information but also to the ability to contribute information directly into the flow of ideas that was available to all; 2) The fate of ideas contributed by individuals depended, for the most part, on an emergent Meritocracy of Ideas. Those judged by the market to be good rose to the top, regardless of the wealth or class of the individual responsible for them; 3) The accepted rules of discourse presumed that the participants were all governed by an unspoken duty to search for general agreement. That is what a "Conversation of Democracy" is all about.
Has he read a history book published in the last 30 years, or was he too busy inventing the Internet?
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