For 5 years, a lot of liberals have been conflating discomfort with safety. It is now coming to bite us in the ass.
Would Zionists have gone after us without the constant drumbeat of censorship in the name of "safety" that happened since 2020? Sure. But that emphasis on language policing and censorship made the Zionists' language and demands mainstream, at least among liberals.
Jenin does a great job pointing that out, but also calling out the hypocrisy of right wingers who were all about free speech when they were the ones being censored, and now are all for speech.
I believe that we should defend everyone’s free speech rights regardless of their view points, but to still believe that the truth will win in the arena of open discourse in todays damaged media ecosystem is wishful thinking. I cannot think of an example where mis-information was stifled by the truth in the past 5 years, if anyone can please correct me.
For 5 years, a lot of liberals have been conflating discomfort with safety. It is now coming to bite us in the ass.
Would Zionists have gone after us without the constant drumbeat of censorship in the name of "safety" that happened since 2020? Sure. But that emphasis on language policing and censorship made the Zionists' language and demands mainstream, at least among liberals.
Jenin does a great job pointing that out, but also calling out the hypocrisy of right wingers who were all about free speech when they were the ones being censored, and now are all for speech.
I believe that we should defend everyone’s free speech rights regardless of their view points, but to still believe that the truth will win in the arena of open discourse in todays damaged media ecosystem is wishful thinking. I cannot think of an example where mis-information was stifled by the truth in the past 5 years, if anyone can please correct me.