The issues before us in this, and every other case of street/mob censorship that has come up in the recent past, are those of public misconduct, vandalism and criminal activity that no government so far, either state or central, has dealt with summarily and effectively.
Rather than safeguarding and upholding the fundamental right to freedom of expression, all of us who try to exercise that freedom are told to mind our language. In much the same way that women who are vulnerable to rape are told to behave themselves, or stay at home.
The writer is a publisher and founding member of Women’s WORLD, India
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