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Charles Koch Defends Himself Against the Charge of Expressing His Opposition to the Leftist AgendaAnd yes, as Brendan Eich could tell you, it's now a crime to do so. There will be personal consequences for opposing the left. The consequences will not just be the political ones we all accept -- that is, if we lose on an issue in the normal democratic process, then we lose. We all know to accept that as the cost of being part of the American democracy. No, the new rules are not just that you will lose on the political point, but that you will then be hounded personally for having dared to venture a contrary opinion at all. And no one has accepted that as part of the increasingly high cost of being an American. I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the principles of a free society—that have shaped my life, my family, our company and America itself. Meanwhile, the Unleashed Left is also calling for "global warming deniers" to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Sonny Bunch has written a post on The Illiberal Left, which is 90% of it. Though he does note one lefty, Michelle Goldberg, worrying in the Nation about the left's sudden embrace of Progressive-themed fascism. t’s increasingly clear that we are entering a new era of political correctness. Recently, we’ve seen the calls to #CancelColbert because of something outrageous said by Stephen Colbert’s blowhard alter ego, who has been saying outrageous things regularly for nine years. Then there’s the sudden demand for “trigger warnings” on college syllabi, meant to protect students from encountering ideas or images that may traumatize them; an Oberlin facultydocument even suggests jettisoning “triggering material when it does not contribute directly to the course learning goals.” At Wellesley, students have petitioned to have an outdoor statue of a lifelike sleepwalking man removed because it was causing them “undue stress.” As I wrote in The Nation, there’s pressure in some circles not to use the word “vagina” in connection with reproductive rights, lest it offend trans people. … "Policing" speech is a bit of euphemism. What is objectionable here is that we have historically understood speech to be a mode of persuasion -- but that many (and more and more each day) see political "activism" to consist primarily of coercion -- intimidation, and the infliction of genuine personal harm on someone for having dared to raised his voice in opposition. But they don't call this fascism. They call it "social justice." Even this idiot sees the problem: If this is the gay rights movement today – hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else – then count me out. If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us. On the other hand, Dave Wiegel sees little problem at all.
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