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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Well, that went even better than I ever imagined.
TIL that republicans cant sell books.
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Maybe take a minute and read the Harper’s Letter expressing alarm about the climate of growing censoriousness and intolerance we’re witnessing. Its signatories include such notorious alt-right ######bags as Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Ignatieff, Garry Kasparov, Salman Rushdie, and Gloria Steinem.
https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-just...d-open-debate/
The notion that we can shame, censor, cancel, and fire our way to a more just society is delusion of the highest order. As the letter states:
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This stifling atmosphere will ultimately harm the most vital causes of our time. The restriction of debate, whether by a repressive government or an intolerant society, invariably hurts those who lack power and makes everyone less capable of democratic participation. The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away. We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom, which cannot exist without each other.
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