Free speech, fear free. [Jeremy Brooks]/[Flickr].[Some rights reserved]
The journalist and feminist in me are fighting an on-going battle.
US Republican candidate Donald Trump recently proposed that women who have abortions should be subject to "some form of punishment" if abortions were made illegal. Another of his sexist comments was, "a woman must be hot in order to be a journalist". The journalist and feminist in me are fighting an on-going battle. As a journalist and a democrat I am a firm believer of free speech and believe that a citizen’s right to freedom of expression within public discourse is a precious right to be nurtured. The women’s rights campaigner inside me gets angry at such sexist and discriminatory public statements. Is it better for voters to hear Donald Trump’s (what many consider to be appalling) attitudes towards women, Mexicans and Muslims, or should we banish him and other politicians and speakers from the public forum, and thus not know what they are thinking?
