You’ve probably heard the expression “I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it”. But in the age of social media, cancel culture, keyboard warriors, fake news, algorithms, corporate influence, far right extremism and all the rest, does that lofty ambition still have currency? What has happened to civil debate and the reasonable exchange of competing ideas in public, to conversations that might lead to productive compromise, or simply agreeing to disagree? Has civil society always been so... uncivil?
This event was held at the Addi Road Community Organisation on October 25, 2023.
Speakers
Lucinda Holdforth
Speechwriter and author
Dr Chris Fleming
Writer and academic
Sheila Ngoc Pham
Writer, editor, producer and curator
Michael West
Journalist and founder of Michael West Media
Mark Mordue (host)
Journalist, editor, writer and poet