[warp_factor]

The issue is also that people got more and more sensitive over ybrast decades. Political correctness seems to be at a all time high.

Try to say openly in the bay area that you support Trump and you will be shamed like never before.

Shaming is now always in our mind and I find myself thinking more and more about redacting what I say to make it "unshameful" in order to avoid any possibility of shaming.

[beat]

I don't think that's the same thing. It does point to a basic intellectual failing of the modern right, though... conflating being judged with being censored.

Nobody's taking away your right to free speech. We just reserve the right to think you're an asshole for saying it.

[olleromam91]

When it comes time for decision making, everyone wants to be heard, and everyone wants their opinions considered. Treating/dismissing someone as an asshole doesn't facilitate any sort of basis for discussion, debate, agreement, compromise. Then, when the ignored and dismissed get so fed up that they are boisterous and riotous, and their opponents still don't acknowledge or address their voice...what is next?

Answer: Violence

[warp_factor]

Well, this is why the country is so divided. Instead of having a debate, the new way of doing is to directly go to the conclusion that "you must be an asshole". Good Proof of openmindness...

Not targeting a specific side btw, this is a trend on the left as well as on the right.

[beat]

Some things aren't worth debating. If someone says that protesters should be shot, they're not worth debating. They're an asshole. If someone says Sky Daddy waved his hand and created the world 5000 years ago, they're not worth debating.

[vkou]

> Political correctness seems to be at a all time high.

Do you think it has something to do with all sorts of common, abhorrent behaviours that were tolerated, or encouraged in the past becoming unacceptable today?

Sixty years ago, it wouldn't be out of place to tell the ------ to go to the back of the bus. Social expectations change, and there's always a few people who double down, dig in, and drag their heels, and insist that everyone around them is being too fucking sensitive.

[inscionent]

> Try to say openly in the bay area that you support Trump and you will be shamed like never before.

Try being a 12 year old, in the south, who is openly mocked and degraded by his father for having a friend of a different race. How's that for shaming.

Try being a 16 year old, getting kicked out of your home and called a faggot for getting an ear piercing. Are we politically correct yet?

There is a lot of hate in this world and it is very rich for people to just turn and point the finger instead of taking a long hard look inside themselves and the company they keep.

If you believe what you believe, then stand steadfast in the face of the tsunami, but don't blame others for forcing self censorship, that's just cowardice.

[olleromam91]

Self censorship != true acceptance of other people.

[inscionent]

Self acceptance leads to true acceptance of other people.