descriptively, and respectfully, we live in a very different time. this is a 52-year-old man who remembers the full-flower of liberalism (broadly understood) in the late 20th century. the people have put aside such things and moved on.https://twitter.com/jadler1969/status/1504593411168518146 …
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> but is it entirely passe, believed in only by a small minority? astonished anyone could not see this is the case
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Astonished that anyone would just, I dunno, get an impression through media and not consider selection bias etc
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That (a & b) is all it takes to destroy it as a norm that can hold the line. Free speech/viewpoint diversity is a shaky fulcrum. It needs >80% support to work, not 40% or 60%.
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… how often do you hear a full-throated defense of freedom of speech—principled and universal, not simply pragmatic and particular—from someone widely admired, with broad social and political power? My perception is that it's gotten much rarer than it used to be.
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