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"The Jews" is an accepted shorthand for some people, and like "the left" you can be fairly certain the argument around the term is not going to focus on what a

"The Jews" is an accepted shorthand for some people, and like "the left" you can be fairly certain the argument around the term is not going to focus on what a great bunch of lads they are. As to the other point, if both groups are "the left" (even though in this case one group is not behaving that way) then why argue that "the left" is censoring/repressing, when it's at least equally true (I'd say more true) that "the left" is being censored/repressed? I mean it's pretty funny seeing people on "the right" pretending to care that feminists and gay-rights activists are being shut down.

angersock 11y ago
"The Jews" is an accepted shorthand for some people, Many of those people themselves being Jewish, referring to their own communities and people! I see what you're driving at, but the simple fact of the matter is that "leftist" is no more an automatic insult that "rightist" unless one is misidentified. I mean it's pretty funny seeing people on "the right" pretending to care that feminists and gay-rights activists are being shut down. I think it's reasonable that even the most die-hard reactionary may see the existential threat posed by policies and behaviors used to silence folks they might otherwise like. After all, mob justice is never guaranteed to stay in one's favor.
hjhgjtyhgdf 11y ago
Which universities have shut down feminists and gay rights activists from speaking? Even the most hard core conservative campuses in the South haven't done so. On the contrary, there are tons of campuses across America who have shut down conservative speakers from speaking. There were Bernie Sanders protesters in Chicago just last week who shut down Donald Trump's right to speak. Can you name instances when Hillary or Bernie Sanders speeches were shut down from conservative protesters?

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"The Jews" is an accepted shorthand for some people, and like "the left" you can be fairly certain the argument around the term is not going to focus on what a

by hartpuff 11y ago

angersock 11y ago
"The Jews" is an accepted shorthand for some people, Many of those people themselves being Jewish, referring to their own communities and people! I see what you're driving at, but the simple fact of the matter is that "leftist" is no more an automatic insult that "rightist" unless one is misidentified. I mean it's pretty funny seeing people on "the right" pretending to care that feminists and gay-rights activists are being shut down. I think it's reasonable that even the most die-hard reactionary may see the existential threat posed by policies and behaviors used to silence folks they might otherwise like. After all, mob justice is never guaranteed to stay in one's favor.
hjhgjtyhgdf 11y ago
Which universities have shut down feminists and gay rights activists from speaking? Even the most hard core conservative campuses in the South haven't done so. On the contrary, there are tons of campuses across America who have shut down conservative speakers from speaking. There were Bernie Sanders protesters in Chicago just last week who shut down Donald Trump's right to speak. Can you name instances when Hillary or Bernie Sanders speeches were shut down from conservative protesters?