I totally agree that this is not a right/left issue per se. There are many competing strains: traditionalists are skeptical of radical social change, but may a

I totally agree that this is not a right/left issue per se. There are many competing strains: traditionalists are skeptical of radical social change, but may also be skeptical of turning everything over the free market libertarians just want to be left alone and don't want anyone telling them what to do leftists may be communitarians or anarchists or even neoliberals who want to abolish national borders And people may have different views on different scales -- e.g. I know a lot of Nimby's who oppose new people they don't like moving into their neighborhood and think they should have a right to keep them out, but at the same time support open borders for the nation as a whole. And to be honest, I think there is something to recommend each of these views. Nobody is entirely the enemy. What bothers me is attempts to blacklist arguments/speech or to suppress open debate between these competing views. That really bothers me. It's like you can't just disagree with someone, you have to snuff them out, try to get them fired, and expel the enemy entirely from your view. It's a recipe for disaster.