Prayer Mat

Apparently, there was an unstated rule that you do not accept a manuscript for peer review that counters Darwinism, or seriously counters Darwinism. And furthermore, I was a gatekeeper. I allowed the paper to be peer reviewed and furthermore, I committed the terribly sin of allowing it to be published. And so the retaliation that followed took the form of the spreading of misinformation, such that, you know, my degrees were in religion and philosophy, not in science, that there was actually no peer review, that I had accepted money under the table.?[8]– RICHARD STEINBERG

For some time now, I have been racking my brain trying for figure out just why Americans, so-called and self-proclaimed champions for Free Speech and Expression, seem to feel it necessary to punish others for exercising that right.

I live in an International community in Guanajuato, Mexico, where I encounter people from all over the world. I get the impression that Europeans who come here, and of course the Mexicans I know, have a better, more solid grasp of the democratic concept of Free Speech than Americans.

So, what is wrong in America these days? What is going on?

In an article entitled, Why Americans Don?t Care about Free Speech, the author says this:

?This too is not a new problem.
perry belcher