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[–]BEB 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

While I totally agree that Woke has gone way too far, and the alt-Left, especially on women's issues, is nuts, and sometimes dangerous, it wasn't too long ago when it was Republicans who were the threat to free speech.

For instance, after 9/11, even mild criticism of George W. What's His Last Name Again, or the attacks on Afghanistan or Iraq, could get you fired. An anti-war bumper sticker could get you followed and threatened. I speak from experience.

The American First Amendment right to free speech is a blessing; don't let either side take it.

[–]MezozoicGay 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

who were

They still are. It is just other side seems to be more agressive in this way nowaydas.

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's not that the GOP has become less of a threat to free speech, it's just that some of the narrative, especially the "Intellectual Dark Web" (who seem to be the cool kids at the moment) has switched to castigating the Left for what the Right used to do routinely.

Of course, the Antifa goons, cancel culture, and Trans Demand Activists kind of make the Right's case in terms of their forceful shutting down of anyone who even voices a peep of criticism.

But IMO - and free speech is one of my pet issues - it's all for show because both sides' extremes wings are for free speech when it benefits them.