Reddit reviews Free Speech for Me--But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other
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So it's cool when T_D bans people because they should be allowed to set the rules for their subreddit but it's "censorship" when LGTB sets the rules for their subreddit.
Gotcha.
EDIT: Recommend reading for the confused individuals below, the excellent book Free Speech for Me--But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other by Nat Hentoff.
Fellow far-lefty. Had a Marxist phase in high school, campaigned full-time for Kerry, voted Obama. Carried a flag at the Gay Games, protested in the street against the Iraq War, long-term boyfriend is from South America.
I'm not there yet as a Trump supporter, as I can't stomach his tax policy that would exacerbate inequality and his stance on climate change that I consider criminally insane.
But I love this sub because I can't stand the two-faced, whiny, bitter, infantile, divisive strand of leftism which I see rampant among friends and former friends. The sheer idiocy of gay people scared of Trump, but not scared of a woman that embraced them 10 years after he did; of leftists claiming to look out for the little guy but supporting open borders from Barrow to Tierra del Fuego - because you know what will help the little guy, opening the labor market to several hundred million people with a lower payscale!
The Democratic Party has lost me with two mistakes - embracing Wall Street while abandoning attempts to reduce wealth inequality, and delving into the Byzantine world of identity politics. Who gives a fuck if one baker from rural Oklahoma won't bake a gay marriage cake? This is not a human rights abuse. GTFO.
edit: This has been brewing for a long time, however. More than 20 years ago someone put my hands on Free Speech for me - but not for thee and I've been bothered by the sanctimonious, censorious left for a long time. But that toxic left seems to have become the left itself.
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Speech-Me-But-Not-Thee/dp/006019006X