well, it seems like things got polarized over the last decade (2010s). prior to that the left was about “freedom of expression”, which would allow for the freedom to say racist things for example. They thought you could overcome “bad speech” with “good speech”, or that “bad speech” could simply be ignored. At some point they seemed to totally abandon this principle and it seems more like it’s the right-wing that tends more in this view today.
So basically leftists want to ban things they don’t agree with. “centrist” or “independent” sites that just allowed people to say whatever, now basically aren’t tolerated by the left, so they become in practice “right-wing” spaces. And then the right-wing spaces are right-wing. So it’s mostly either leftist places online or right-wing, as any place that allows “freedom” becomes right wing it seems.
so the left’s authoritarian stance has kind of tried to politicize everything, because if it isn’t leftist then it’s rightist. even if you try to have “eveyrone play by the same rules”, this gives freedom to the right, the right usually wins out, so it ends up being “right-wing”, and leftists reject it ahead of time.
idk how this will resolve, like I am wondering what the world will look like when boomers hand over leadership to Gen XYZ
well, it seems like things got polarized over the last decade (2010s). prior to that the left was about “freedom of expression”, which would allow for the freedom to say racist things for example. They thought you could overcome “bad speech” with “good speech”, or that “bad speech” could simply be ignored. At some point they seemed to totally abandon this principle and it seems more like it’s the right-wing that tends more in this view today.
So basically leftists want to ban things they don’t agree with. “centrist” or “independent” sites that just allowed people to say whatever, now basically aren’t tolerated by the left, so they become in practice “right-wing” spaces. And then the right-wing spaces are right-wing. So it’s mostly either leftist places online or right-wing, as any place that allows “freedom” becomes right wing it seems.
so the left’s authoritarian stance has kind of tried to politicize everything, because if it isn’t leftist then it’s rightist. even if you try to have “eveyrone play by the same rules”, this gives freedom to the right, the right usually wins out, so it ends up being “right-wing”, and leftists reject it ahead of time.
idk how this will resolve, like I am wondering what the world will look like when boomers hand over leadership to Gen XYZ