HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

Spiked's Brendan O'Neill: "The Real Threat To Free Speech Now is Conformism and Cowardice"

Views:947
@ReasonVids

"The real threat to free speech now is conformism and cowardice," says Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked and a columnist for Reason.com.

The 41-year-old Londoner has similarly blunt and outspoken views about "left-wing environmentalism," which he calls "an apology for poverty" and simply the latest iteration of religious "end-of-worldism" in which "we will be judged for our sins."

O'Neill is also a critic of European policies that he says marginalize religious and ethnic minorities even as they "protect" immigrants by passing hate-speech laws and banning burqas. "In their efforts to enforce Enlightenment values," he says, policymakers "actually undercut them."

O'Neill got his start at the defunct Living Marxism, the publication of Britain's Revolutionary Communist Party, and these days he sometimes calls himself a "Marxist libertarian." "It seems like a contradiction in terms," he acknowledges, "but that's because people haven't read the original Marx and Engels, the early stuff...if you read the early stuff it's all about liberating humanity from poverty and from state diktat and allowing them to have as free a life as possible."

In this lively, wide-ranging interview with Nick Gillespie, O'Neill also defends consumerism and explains that Spiked's mission is to deliver on Trotsky's belief that "we want to increase the power of man over nature and decrease the power of man over man."

About 12 minutes.

Edited by Amanda Winkler. Camera by Meredith Bragg and Todd Krainin.

Go to https://reason.com/reasontv/2015/12/21/spikeds-brendan-oneill-qa-conformism-is for downloadable versions and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live.

free minds
,
free markets
,
reason magazine
    Thumbnail for Pentagon Slush Fund is Draining the Economy and Militarizing Foreign Policy10:32
    Pentagon Slush Fund is Draining the Economy and Militarizing Foreign Policy
    ReasonVids
    802 views
    Thumbnail for A Teachers' Strike in Paradise8:47
    A Teachers' Strike in Paradise
    ReasonVids
    881 views
    Thumbnail for Don't Expect Millions To Die From Coronavirus, Says Richard Epstein38:11
    Don't Expect Millions To Die From Coronavirus, Says Richard Epstein
    ReasonVids
    891 views
    Thumbnail for 100 percent of every aspect of the world takeover and supporting scams laid out cold in 20 efficient minutes.20:10
    100 percent of every aspect of the world takeover and supporting scams laid out cold in 20 efficient minutes.
    AOU
    1350 views
    Thumbnail for Arthur C. Brooks on the Battle Between Free Enterprise and Big Government4:54
    Arthur C. Brooks on the Battle Between Free Enterprise and Big Government
    ReasonVids
    859 views
    Thumbnail for it's a miracle!0:38
    it's a miracle!
    bestofupgoat
    424 views
    Thumbnail for Collective Bargaining and the Bottom Line: Q&A with Heritage Foundation's James Sherk5:36
    Collective Bargaining and the Bottom Line: Q&A with Heritage Foundation's James Sherk
    ReasonVids
    923 views
    Thumbnail for Making a post when suddenly @conspirologist appears in it's true form 0:11
    Making a post when suddenly @conspirologist appears in it's true form
    bestofupgoat
    414 views
    Thumbnail for Trevor Moore exposing the cabal through entertainment, before they murdered him2:37
    Trevor Moore exposing the cabal through entertainment, before they murdered him
    bestofupgoat
    441 views
    Thumbnail for World's Largest Jello Pool- Can you swim in Jello? | Mark Rober10:28
    World's Largest Jello Pool- Can you swim in Jello? | Mark Rober
    science.topic
    63 views
    Thumbnail for DeSantis bans Soros DAs who won't follow law, child tranny surgeries, ballot harvesting... bans ZUCKERBUCKS by name !49:35
    DeSantis bans Soros DAs who won't follow law, child tranny surgeries, ballot harvesting... bans ZUCKERBUCKS by name !
    bestofwolfballs
    896 views
    Thumbnail for What is the libertarian plan for fixing the debt and deficit problem?3:03
    What is the libertarian plan for fixing the debt and deficit problem?
    ReasonVids
    844 views
    Thumbnail for fascist flow4:37
    fascist flow
    bestofvoatxyz
    689 views
    Thumbnail for What Is Actually Going on in North Carolina? (Part 1) | Truthstream Media47:44
    What Is Actually Going on in North Carolina? (Part 1) | Truthstream Media
    invidious
    235 views
    Thumbnail for Smoked Pineapple Upside Down Cake 🍰 | Andy Cooks0:58
    Smoked Pineapple Upside Down Cake 🍰 | Andy Cooks
    invidious
    209 views
    Thumbnail for My new favorite song - Kill all Niggers1:21
    My new favorite song - Kill all Niggers
    bestofvoatxyz
    863 views
    Thumbnail for taylor swift's had enough of darkies0:17
    taylor swift's had enough of darkies
    bestofupgoat
    411 views
    Thumbnail for เช้าข่าวเข้ม | 15 ตุลาคม 2567 | FULL | TOP NEWS1:33:29
    เช้าข่าวเข้ม | 15 ตุลาคม 2567 | FULL | TOP NEWS
    invidious
    103 views
    Thumbnail for Ukraine launches new offensive in Kursk: Bridges transporting Russian supplies are being destroyed | Kanal138:36
    Ukraine launches new offensive in Kursk: Bridges transporting Russian supplies are being destroyed | Kanal13
    invidious
    47 views
    Thumbnail for How TV's 'Dallas' Won the Cold War2:46
    How TV's 'Dallas' Won the Cold War
    ReasonVids
    991 views
    Thumbnail for 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎2:33
    𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎
    AOU
    1904 views
    Thumbnail for Sieg Heil Däwg Waffen0:17
    Sieg Heil Däwg Waffen
    bestofvoatxyz
    377 views
    Thumbnail for Rep. Justin Amash on Dumping Trump, Supporting Ted Cruz, And Why Apple Shouldn't Unlock its iPhone7:34
    Rep. Justin Amash on Dumping Trump, Supporting Ted Cruz, And Why Apple Shouldn't Unlock its iPhone
    ReasonVids
    915 views
    Thumbnail for Hysterical shrieking over DOGE reaches earsplitting levels0:55
    Hysterical shrieking over DOGE reaches earsplitting levels
    bestofupgoat
    95 views
    Thumbnail for The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency5:46
    The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
    ReasonVids
    853 views

points

Permalink
Reply
free minds
,
free markets
,
reason magazine
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle