> anyone who tries to shoehorn these stories into a right-left political framework has to explain why so few of the victims of this shift can be described as “r

> anyone who tries to shoehorn these stories into a right-left political framework has to explain why so few of the victims of this shift can be described as “right wing” or conservative... All of those I spoke with are centrist or center-left liberals. I agree that it's not simply an example of the left attacking the right, since the accused are in many cases left-leaning themselves. But, that shouldn't be taken to mean that conservatives are somehow immune. The reason that all her sources were liberal was because she talked to university academics and journalists, professions where conservatives were driven out decades ago. Sure, they exist, but they're rare enough that it makes sense she wouldn't catch any in her sample. This supports her point, which I agree with — I just think she missed that this isn't a new phenomenon.