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JdL's avatar

Well stated. I consider myself a fairly cynical guy, but I've been taken by surprise by the severity of the reaction to you-know-what, both in physical restrictions and in clampdowns on wrong-think. I was at UC Berkeley in the later 1960's, when antiwar and anti-racism emotions ran very high, but I can't recall even the most passionate of speakers demanding that their opponents be silenced. There was (I think) a confidence present which made silencing of others unnecessary: the truth as they saw it, they believed, would inevitably prevail. The frightened demands today for conformity of opinion bespeak some lurking awareness among the narrative pushers that their positions might be full of holes; indeed, it's hard to believe they're so dense that they don't KNOW their positions are full of holes. I've almost given up trying to predict when the whole edifice will come crashing down, as it's already gone on way past what I thought possible.

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Hissyfit's avatar

Excellent post, as always!

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