What is it about the left that they can't bear to hear opposing points of view? Why is it do they close themselves off rather than engage when those opposing points of view are offered in earnest and sincerity? It seems more than clear that the leftist finds free speech problematic. Free speech means they will at times hear that which displeases them.
What displeases them most is that which they cannot truly oppose truthfully. This is what the "cancel culture" truly is...the stifling of truth. Regardless of the medium, when the left fails to make their case...when it fails to overcome the weight of that which exposes them...they run and hide, or in the parlance of today, they "cancel" the opposition. Conservative expression is constantly under assault by those who run social media platforms, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and others. Leftist news organizations, such as CNN and MSNBC present only "conservative" voices that align with their own, routinely hiring "NeverTrumpers" to parrot their own anti-Trump message, while never truly providing a seat for those who are truly conservative and can defend Trump's policies. And why would they? They can't overcome.
This "cancel culture" extends to the blogs as well, and we see that with our own Bobbsey Twins. One doesn't allow for comments at all, because he doesn't possess the ability to debate like an adult anyway. The other provides so long as one abides his every changing set of rules. But step over the line that was never drawn in the beginning, and one is banished for the slightest infraction...not because the "crime" is so terrible, but because it provides the lefty host with the excuse he needs to avoid confronting that which he cannot overcome. The worst part is his own hypocrisy as he engages in the very crimes he pretends are worthy of silencing his opponents.
And it's not a new thing. I've dealt with bloggers banning me for my opinions before. It's quite routine. And if it's not me being banned from theirs, they will flee mine as if they've been so horribly insulted, generally ignoring how insulting they've been by the manner in which they've attacked me more so than my position or argument.
Canceling, stifling, ignoring, running away...these are common from the left and it demonstrates that they are not interested in changing hearts and minds that are strongly convicted in opposing beiefs. They simply prefer to force compliance.
The conservative offers the chance to convince and persuade. He has no reason to fear being open to debate, because the conservative knows he wins regardless of the outcome. If the conservative wins the debate, he's brought about understanding to the opponent that is a benefit to the opponents. If the conservative loses a debate, understanding has been delivered to him and is a benefit to him by his enlightenment.
But the leftist isn't concerned with truth, but only what he wants truth to be. You will comply with his invented truth or you will be silenced. It's as simple as that and such an attitude benefits no one.
UPDATE:
There's more I wanted to say on this subject, and the link that follows is something about which I meant to mention:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/banning_comments_to_protect_the_fake_news_media_monopoly.html
The above refers to Yahoo and their current comment policy, which is, no more comments...at least for the foreseeable future. Instead there's a "survey" to help them "serve you better". If you had any familiarity with Yahoo and their "journalism", you'd know that they play fast and loose with the facts, as well as not being shy about injecting their own leftist points of view. The result is a plethora of entertaining comments that are decidedly conservative in tone, to say the least. Certainly they had their share of supporting comments, but in dealing with the articles that drew my attention, let's just say they didn't go over well. (AOL is just the opposite. Their commenters are incredibly leftist and mostly sufferers of TDS. I've had a few comments denied for reasons I couldn't figure out.)
Now, there are no comments while they, I would assume, try to figure out how to limit right-wingers from exposing their idiocy. Again, lefties canceling because they're cowards.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the problem of job loss over issues that run contrary to the leftist dogma. Frank Turek lost a gig over some homosexual seeing his non-job related blog posts supporting true marriage. Brendan Eich resigned from Mozilla after pressure following his donation in support of California's Prop 8. Craig James was fired by Fox Sports over similar opposition. Going back further, Guillermo Gonzalez lost a tenure position because he expressed a belief in Intelligent Design. Chuck Todd banned climate "deniers" from expressing their positions on Meet The Press. Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing" was literally cancelled despite it's top ratings because of it's conservative character. The same with Rosanne Barr. Pretty much any conservative expression will get you fired, dismissed, "cancelled". The left has no spine for dealing with opposing points of view.
In the meantime, Rush Limbaugh allows more time to left-wing callers to his show than he does those who agree with him, and Michael Medved pretty much doesn't take calls from those who agree, constantly inviting opponents to give it their best shot. And even Steven Crowder has invited left-wingers on his show...some more than once...and even does "Change My Mind" episodes where he picks a topic and invites people on the street to convince him of an opposing viewpoint.
The left doesn't care if you agree or not. They only demand compliance. They don't have the spine to defend their positions.
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Why does the Left consider itself "the tolerant ones" and the Right intolerant while the Left is the "cancel culture"? Doesn't make sense.
The leftists consider themselves manifestations of all sorts of wonderful things. But those wonderful things rarely manifest in reality. At least never more than in the most superficial manner.
By the way, Blogger's changes have manifested here. Don't know how it will affect my humble blogging, but it's the first evidence of it I've seen. It's a behind the scenes kinda thing thus far. Just saw it now after updating this post. We'll see.
Well... I think the issue or racism answers Stan’s question. Misogyny, too. Bigotry. Anti-science. Caging children. Violence toward moms, vets, LBGTQ. Homelessness. Poverty. Unequal education. Unequal access to healthcare.
Canceling these things are on the Democratic platform at the very least. Not the GOP.
But please feel free to cancel Biden’s VP pick because she’s a woman. Whatever you have to tell yourself, right?
Because tolerance doesn't extend to those who disagree. It's so much easier to label disagreement as hate, and argue that hate shouldn't be allowed, than to demonstrate why those who disagree are wrong.
It's not just the LEFT. A blog I followed for a long time, and am following again, because of its consistent conservative and Christian posts blocked me for daring to counter some of his opinions; he didn't like facts presented. Wintery Knight. My comments had to do with his extreme viewpoint about everyone needed a STEM degree, and if a woman didn't have one they aren't marriageable. His rules for marriage got my goat because he's still single -- and with his beliefs he will never marry. But be blocked me. It didn't matter how much I've commented in support of other topics on his blog -- I never should have challenge his opinions about marriage. (one thing I pointed out was that if I followed his rules I never would have married the woman I've been with for 46 years!)
http://www.canceledpeople.com/cancelations
A bunch of doctors meet to record a video about Chloroquine and how it affects Covid, they post the video on socials, then it disappears and people who share it end up canceled.
Science.
"Well... I think the issue or racism answers Stan’s question. Misogyny, too. Bigotry. Anti-science. Caging children. Violence toward moms, vets, LBGTQ. Homelessness. Poverty. Unequal education. Unequal access to healthcare.
Canceling these things are on the Democratic platform at the very least"
I have the 80 page draft of the 2020 Dem Party platform. It's hilarious! As I skim at present, it's easy to see a host of lies. Lies cancels truth. Typical for the left. The Dems should cancel those things. They invented them. But the reality is they won't because they rely upon disparities to lure the stupid to support them. feo is evidence of that.
"But please feel free to cancel Biden’s VP pick because she’s a woman."
What the hell is this supposed to mean? How can we "cancel Biden's VP pick"? We can criticize it for being just another pandering move...which it is...but the only way we can "cancel" it is to once again elect the best president we've had since Reagan...Donald Trump. That's far more likely than not.
Craig,
The Chloroquine issue is indeed another example. There are many who have used it successfully and around the world it is used quite commonly in the treatment of Covid-19, as well as for prevention. We don't hear about any of it from the mainstream media, nor from the CDC. Thank goodness we have a president who would prefer that such decisions be solely in the hands of doctors treating patients.
Of course, as we see feo post his comments wherever he feels he can get someone to publish them, we still see he does nothing to promote open dialogue at his blog, nor does he encourage Dan to do so at his. Both of these dudes continue to be cancel culture warriors.
Open dialogue, Marshal, requires at least two people who commit to reasoned exchange.
You lost your capacity for reason before you ever started blogging.
Besides that, I’ve clicked everything I can to allow comments. And blogger still blocks them. Even from me.
"Open dialogue, Marshal, requires at least two people who commit to reasoned exchange."
I continue to await the day you make that commitment. Dan pretends to, but then bails when the going gets the slightest bit rough.
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