Prof Gyampo Writes: Democracy, free speech and the survival of the Ghanaian polity

Democracy is about free speech, but both in its classical and modern representative form, the founding fathers of this system of government, including Cleisthenes, Solon, Locke, Jefferson, Madison, Washington, etc., never even insinuated that freedom of speech is licentious for buffoonery and foolish talk. They encouraged dissent, knowing we cannot all agree. But the kind […]

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