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Quatrarius  ·  620 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Make Freedom of Speech Liberal Again

    But in fact, when you see what’s been attacked as so-called hate speech on campus, it’s opposing the idea of defund the police, opposing the idea of open borders.” Any questioning of transgender ideology or identity is cast as “denying the humanity of trans people, or transphobic.” Ms. Strossen hastens to add that “I completely support full and equal rights for trans people,” but she says critics are “raising concerns that I think deserve to be raised and deserve to be discussed.”

woe to the world where we can no longer freely ask questions and raise concerns over whether other groups people should exist, where a trans person's freedom to live in peace takes precedence over the freedom for them to be assaulted, and woe to those poor souls who must now face backlash for their harmless little thoughts - the real problem with the world is that it's just too PC - people are being thrown in jail or murdered in the streets just for saying that the police shouldn't be defunded!

I'm just asking questions! there's the Trans Question, the Immigrant Question - you know, simple harmless questions.





Quatrarius  ·  620 days ago  ·  link  ·  

but speaking plainly - these freaks are tricking you! don't let them trick you into believing this stuff by coating it with pseudointellectual wrapping. these are the same opinions that have been held by conservatives since the dawn of time, namely:

1. those in power have the power to criticize and control

2. those not in power do not

yesteryear the wrapper was "these people harm society". these years the wrapper is "everyone is equal". when you look at a thinktank bigwig and a migrant strawberry picker, who sees equality? who's the one getting to write the op-ed?

Quatrarius  ·  620 days ago  ·  link  ·  

this is where liberalism comes to die - the right to oppress is as just as the right to fight against oppression. we are all equal - "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."