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I agree that some laws promote justice at the expense of freedom, and have no problem with it in many circumstances. I am by no means the first to point out tha

I agree that some laws promote justice at the expense of freedom, and have no problem with it in many circumstances. I am by no means the first to point out that there is a "regressive left" trend nowadays. Leftists can be authoritarian too, as was Stalin. I gave you an example of SJW's who regard the "patriarchy" as a threat more significant than the free speech of the men who were trying to have a meeting. In other words, they valued "social justice" more than freedom. I feel you ought to address this before asking for another example.

popmystack 10y ago
While you are not the first to utilize "regressive left" I feel it is largely without merit and credence. At no point has there been a substantial political movement worthy of such a title, in my personal opinion. Blurring the waters between the west's leftists and what Stalin was does you no favors, in either trying to convince people or for your own intellectual fortitude. You gave me an example of one person acting out of very ill-conceived motivations. The disregard for one's free speech is astonishing and has rightly been condemned, but it is not a major political movement -- and if it ever will be, it won't be for quite some time. For every one of those types of examples you give me, I can point out blatant examples of the alt-right having significant political power in the U.S's congress denying people's rights, either to speech or their livelihood's. But that's not even what I'm after. I am really interested in the rhetoric used by "SJW's" that you seem to think is Orwellian, and rhetoric that is in significant enough use for you to bring it up.