> has real life consequences like never before in the US
I'm sorry but this is simply not true. This is why I think a historical perspective is important with this topic. I can agree the examples you cite are indeed bad, but they're still incomparable to what governments routinely used to do to suppress speech. There's nothing today that …
> has real life consequences like never before in the US
I'm sorry but this is simply not true. This is why I think a historical perspective is important with this topic. I can agree the examples you cite are indeed bad, but they're still incomparable to what governments routinely used to do to suppress speech. There's nothing today that is comparable to COINTELPRO, 1970 Kent State shooting of Vietnam war protestors, or McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee.
Don't forget the War on Terror. We can perhaps justify the actions that were closely linked to combatting terrorism specifically, but a whole lot of innocent people got swept up in the dragnet that included mass surveillance and secret courts. If you want the cultural angle, never forget the intense campaign levied against the Dixie Chicks for daring to criticize Bush and the Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_comments_on_George_W._Bush
Appreciate the reminders of the shittyness of our not too recent past. :) Still don’t think we’re in the golden age now, but enjoyed your article and respect your viewpoint nonetheless!
> has real life consequences like never before in the US
I'm sorry but this is simply not true. This is why I think a historical perspective is important with this topic. I can agree the examples you cite are indeed bad, but they're still incomparable to what governments routinely used to do to suppress speech. There's nothing today that is comparable to COINTELPRO, 1970 Kent State shooting of Vietnam war protestors, or McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee.
I take your point. I should have said “in my lifetime”, which I’m pretty sure is true given that I’m an elder millennial?
Don't forget the War on Terror. We can perhaps justify the actions that were closely linked to combatting terrorism specifically, but a whole lot of innocent people got swept up in the dragnet that included mass surveillance and secret courts. If you want the cultural angle, never forget the intense campaign levied against the Dixie Chicks for daring to criticize Bush and the Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_comments_on_George_W._Bush
Appreciate the reminders of the shittyness of our not too recent past. :) Still don’t think we’re in the golden age now, but enjoyed your article and respect your viewpoint nonetheless!