QUESTION TYPE: Principle
PARADOX: Filmmakers have a right to express absurd views, but no one is required to pay attention.
ANALYSIS: The first two sentences are just context. The last two sentences are the only important part. Filmmakers have a right to their views, but they don’t have a right to make people listen.
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- It’s true the filmmakers are overreaching, but they are overreaching by claiming people should listen to them (this is implied). The critic does not address whether they are “justified” in speaking.
- This goes too far. What if someone made a film accusing you of assassinating JFK to set the stage for 9/11? You might not want to ignore it then. You would be entitled to ignore refuse to believe the views expressed in the film of course. Ignoring a film and ignoring its conclusions are two different things.
- The critic says the directors’ views are permitted, not necessary.
- Actually, the critic implies that freedom of speech does permit the expression of lies as truth (“that claim is true,” referring to freedom of speech).
- CORRECT. Yes. “You can say what you want, but I don’t have to listen.”
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