In gulliver’s travels, when the king of brobdingnag tells gulliver he “knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change or should not be obliged to conceal them,” swift is actually satirizing
a. the hypocrisy of the right to freedom of speech.
b. crime in england.
c. the english judicial system.
d. rich people’s prejudices against the poor.
the answer is a. the hypocrisy of the right to freedom of speech.