The essay specifically says it's not worse than in the past. No one's being burned at stake for example. And by the way, that's one reason I continue to believe in moral progress.
The essay does claim things are worse than 10 years ago. But 70 years ago? Things are better now than during McCarthyism.
> I don't even think it's really a thing with a political valence, I think it's just a human thing.
It's definitely a human thing. However, like I said, if you deny the political valence that currently exists, you're either not a clear-eyed observer of the present or you're part of it. And of course no one is saying "in 2022, the right never cancels anyone" just that present day punishments for heresy in the US are clearly politically-valenced.
My biological grandfather got expelled from his private university and disinherited by his parents during the Vietnam war in 69, because he was a communist hippy basically, and went in Europe to help boat people. Lost all he had, and the only jobs he could get were basically undeclared construction/farming jobs in the Appalachians.
So anecdotal evidence to your point. If any of the deplatformed people has had a worst experience, I'd love to hear it.
The essay does claim things are worse than 10 years ago. But 70 years ago? Things are better now than during McCarthyism.
> I don't even think it's really a thing with a political valence, I think it's just a human thing.
It's definitely a human thing. However, like I said, if you deny the political valence that currently exists, you're either not a clear-eyed observer of the present or you're part of it. And of course no one is saying "in 2022, the right never cancels anyone" just that present day punishments for heresy in the US are clearly politically-valenced.