Another explanation: the target of “silencing” is not the right, it is the moderate left. If you live in a rightish place, you can safely say what you think. If you are a center-leftist in the Bay Area… you will often do well not to say things you know most people agree with.
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A self-described leftist,
@CarolHortonBks, finds@jordanbpeterson’s work “intellectually engaging & personally meaningful,” although disagreeing with his politics—and was afraid to say so.pic.twitter.com/oBlG490jth
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“Silencing” the moderate left, and leftists who care primarily about economic issues, has to be destructive for the left overall—even if it’s effective in the short run.pic.twitter.com/f7eKSbI074
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