Intellectual fascism, not academic.
And I stand by both observations.
And I expect the fascism to become more than intellectual. Violence is already defended, rationalized, explained here. It is a small next step to light the torch that will be thrown by others, and to use the guillotine instead of just hauling them around as symbols.
You were right to be offended. Intellectual fascism, McCarthyism, internet bullying, the cancel culture, professors demanding adherence to only certain dogma and doctrine, are all offensive. And all tools of the modern left.
The real question is whether it will stop and we can return to a marketplace of ideas, or whether the neo-left will continue to claim sole intellectual worth, and continue trying to paint all opposing ideas as racism?
Remember your 8 years of the Bush administration, arguing dissent is patriotism? Today, in this thread, I’m still TOLD I voted for Trump and called liar if I say otherwise, with applause from lefties in the bleachers. THAT is the modern left in perfect focus.
So don’t blame me for pointing out the moral and intellectual sewer the modern left has chosen to live in. if you don’t like it, change the left or leave the sewer.
I think you're focused on a fringe element on the left. Universal access to health care, a return to a forward-looking environmental agenda, a proactive focus on ending the lingering effects of systemic racism, and expanding the educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities, are the core of the left's agenda.
You can focus on whatever you want. But I've not seen anyone (admittedly I've not read this whole thread) saying you're part of some wild-ass militia vowing to kill Americans, just because they're on the same side of the political divide as you.