Kim Zigfeld said:
“Because of this attitude, when we stand and fight it has to be over something unquestionably worth fighting for.”
While I certainly understand that the reality of Russia is lost on anybody who hasn’t experienced it, I think the reverse can also be said. You may not realize that fighting for everybody’s freedom, even those you disagree with, is indeed worth it.
From YOUR perspective, and perhaps many others’, the eXile was not worth preseving. You state the polls show that it had been “dangerous” because it made others fearful enough to vote for governmental censorship. In the final analysis, you are advocating for keeping a low profile out of fear, rather than defiantly crying against freedom of the press. I challenge you to this question: Is it worth it simply to disagree with MT for not fighting, when you yourself advocate a duck-and-cover strategy? Asked differently, Is occasional freedom worth fighting for?
This question begs others. Who decides in what situations you receive an allocation of freedom of the press? Who decides which publication is worthy of staying alive? What happens if blogs are next on the chopping block of Farmer Putin’s, and yours is not found “worthy”?
Again I state unequivocally, I have no concept of the realities of living in Russia. But I have to believe that those who think freedom is worth it in fits and starts would enjoy it better as a permanent reality. I guess it depends on what you’re really fighting for. Whatever it is – I hope you keep freedom in your sights. Free speech is “something unquestionably worth fighting for” from many people’s perspective.
