I think so too. I suspect they come from different moral foundations. The left from #1 and the right from #3 #4 #5. (See below)https://twitter.com/christianjbdev/status/911544484617506816 …
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The right attack on free speech (I suspect) comes from a different drive to uphold certain standards considered important to societal health
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So whilst the left is trying to dismantle what it sees as systems of oppression constructed in language by censoring the language...
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The right is trying to preserve certain patriotic & moralistic conventions by censoring those who would transgress them.
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The perpetual struggle between change and conservation which should be healthy & productive but in its polarised extremes is anything but...
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In addition to pomo, Marxist collectivist ideology plays a role too. Eg Marxists can't allow bourgeois or "oppressor" class freedom to speak
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I very seldom meet Marxists now. The bourgeoisie are in charge of the left. It;s moved into the universities & middle class identity issues.
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Anyone uttering non-approved perspectives ought be sent to the naughty corner. Soon society will be one big creche, which is their level.
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I think this is right. Lots of conflation of speech with violence, prevention of unwelcome speech with provision of safety.
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In the beginning was the word, but no one knew what it was. On that day
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agree, but don't discount that on avg ppl have a censorious & authoritarian tendency, then convince themselves of righteousness,
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this is not entirely new. Liberty and tolerance of outgroups really have to be learned.
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