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If anything this #googlememo has proven, then that even if someone asks for an open debate and dares to ask the wrong questions, then he or she gets shut down t
by dustinmoris 9y ago
If anything this #googlememo has proven, then that even if someone asks for an open debate and dares to ask the wrong questions, then he or she gets shut down to silence, shamed, defaced and hated. This is a dangerous development of our world right now. People who want to ask questions, think for themselves and challenge ideas, willing to admit mistakes and be open to thaught better in an open conversation will not stop to think this way when they get shut down and receive the aggression they currently get. This is causing a huge division in society and will lead to future violence if we do not stop this BS. The current extreme left is not only alienating the far right but everyone from centre left to right.
- dmode 9y agoOh please. Are far right and right organizations bastions of free speech ? How many churches and religious organizations are writing memos on gay rights or abortion rights ? Zero.
- briantakita 9y agoFree Speech is not identity politics. Free speech covers a gay person's right to speech & the right for abortion supporters to speak their mind. Free speech also covers the speech of people on the political right (& left). Free speech is a fundamental American value. Identity Politics are not about rights but about granting privilege to the "victim" groups & in it's extreme form, to justify oppressing the rights of people who don't buy into the dogma. Not the same thing. Free speech is about freedom. The Identity Politics that we see today is about Autocracy.
- briantakita 9y agoCouple this with Google's policy to censor (demonetize & shadow ban) Conservatives on Youtube & in the search results, & we have some disturbing patterns.