> Why, on this topic is it so often "shut up" rather than "here's why she's wrong..."? Because a certain (seemingly growing) contingent on the left views speec

> Why, on this topic is it so often "shut up" rather than "here's why she's wrong..."? Because a certain (seemingly growing) contingent on the left views speech as violence and therefore will not engage in an argument, instead they'll try to make it so that the speech will never be said (resorting to violence, harassing the bureaucracy until they change institutional rules, etc.). One of the funnier phrases I saw recently that I think sums it up: "sticks and stones should break your bones, and words will always hurt me."