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What's so progressive about censorship and why are you glorifying it?

• WillPostForFood 9y ago
  I wouldn't ask what's so progressive about censorship, but why have progressives seemingly embraced it? or at least distanced themselves from a more firm defense of free speech.
  • frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
    Which progressives have embraced censorship?
    • zzzeek 9y ago
      parent poster is likely referring to the right to sit in your office all day spouting pseduoscientific essays on why 20% of your coworkers probably should not be working in the job they have.
      • hueving 9y ago
        Or antifa which is keen on violence to make nazis stop spreading their ideology.
    • WillPostForFood 9y ago
      https://qz.com/1053957/charlottesville-neo-nazis-and-the-case-against-free-speech-for-fascists/ https://qz.com/1053957/charlottesville-neo-nazis-and-the-cas... I think this article is a good encapsulation of the progressive ambivalence on free speech, which has provided a rationale for violence against speakers like Charles Murray (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/middlebury-free-speech-violence/518667/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/middleb...), the violent protests that have followed Milo Yiannopoulos, and "safe spaces" on college campuses.