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> I see free speech coming under attack from the progressive left constituency, rather than the government. Oh please. The right is just as guilty. The Dixie
by thereare5lights 7y ago
> I see free speech coming under attack from the progressive left constituency, rather than the government.
Oh please. The right is just as guilty. The Dixie Chicks got canceled for the better part of the 2000s for daring to speak against the Iraq War and Bush.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/university-of-alabama-dean-american-flag-and-police-represent-systemic-history-of-racism/ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/university-of-...
That got Dean Jamie Riley fired.
Colin Kaepernick got canceled by the right.
I'm sure there's numerous more examples to be found if we dug into it, but let's not pretend that these attacks on free speech are a purely left wing thing.
- throwawaysea 7y agoYes, you're right this phenomenon isn't purely a left-wing one, and I think it is wrong when either side does it. I pointed at the left just because these days I see it most often done by the left, and in recent times, it is accomplished by going to service providers (like payment processors) and pressuring them to fire a client. For the record, I thought it was wrong for networks to drop the Dixie Chicks as they did.
- shkkmo 7y agoPartisanship has been increasing in the US and I expect things to get much worse before they get better. If only our government wasn't designed in such as way as to make stoking that fire so such a successful strategy.
- meruru 7y agoNot just the US. I think this is being driven by the social dynamics of the Internet. Things like filter bubbles and click-driven journalism. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter shape discussions in particular ways that are very different than offline.