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by thomasahle 2840 days ago
> The right is concerned with maturity and personal responsibility and anti-political correctness, where those things are defined primarily in contrast to the left's perceived over-sensitivity.

I agree this is the common narrative, but surprisingly to me, it seems that the conservatives/right-wingers are getting very good at using outrage themselves. E.g. three times as many professors are being fired for expressing "liberal views" compared to "conservative views" [1], and the situation appears to be the same outside of academia, with people like James Gunn.

Not saying that all conservatives get outraged, but they certainly seem to do so a good deal more than immediately comes to mind.

[1]: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/3/17644180/po...