The progressive left has become more and more hostile toward Free Speech, and especially the kind of Free Speech that shows that the things the progressive left believes in are a load of hooey.
- A Harvard “Gender Studies Scholar” thinks that “academic freedom” needs to be eliminated because it stands in the way of “social justice.” “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals simply in the name of ‘academic freedom’?”
- A Democrat Senate candidate pressures the FCC to yank the broadcast licenses of TV stations who broadcast commercials critical of his vote for Obamacare.
- The Obama Regime formulates an FCC “study” designed to intimidate news operations that are deemed too critical of his administration.
- Secretary of State John Kerry proclaims that skeptics of the Theory of Anthropogenic Climate Change should not be allowed to participate in debate on the subject. “We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists” and “extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.”
Now, some will argue that these are isolated cases, and that progressives are not universally hostile to the notion of free speech and free debate.
But notice, it is *always* the Progressive Left arguing to shut down speech.
They want to shut down speech because they are losing the argument.
David Horowitz: “Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”
The funny thing is, Catseye, is that the only thing these “examples” are showing is that blatant lying (such as the Obamacare ad and the global climate change deniers) is no longer being tolerated like it used to be, in service of some false sense of “balance”.
If the left can prove it’s a lie, then why can’t they debate it openly?
Maybe we’ll pass a law and take away YOUR free speech rights, you repugnant POS.
Dennis Prager says the same, but he calls them “leftists” of “the Left”.
Calling these bastards “liberal” isn’t accurate in any way, shape or form.
“Leftists” OR “the Left”.
Ah, so the empirical evidence of recent global cooling and the disastrous rollout of Obamacare are lies. Good to know. “There is no truth except our Narrative, and Rachel Maddow is its reporter.”
I’m eagerly waiting our resident troll this week to explain this. He can’t of course, but I await it.
If it does, it’s better than even money that it will use the term “Koch brothers” somewhere in the ‘explanation’.
hmm_contrib what part of Ukraine and Venezuela don’t you understand shutting up the opposition doesn’t kill it it makes it stronger as the fence sitters see that if you can’t debate your position than it must be wrong or worse a lie.