And these days freedom of speech needs defenders, for when I look around, I find it under attack everywhere. Blacklisting, cancel culture, libraries being closed or defunded, classic works of literature being banned or bowdlerized or removed from classrooms, an ever growing list of “toxic” words the mere utterance of which is now forbidden no matter the context or intent, the erosion of civility in discourse. Both the Rabid Right and the Woke Left seem more intent on silencing those whose views they disagree with, rather than besting them in debate. And the consequences for those who dare to say things deemed offensive have been growing ever more dire; jobs lost, careers ended, books cancelled, “deplatforming.”
Full blog post here: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/08/15/let-his-voice-be-heard/
Basically what I was going to point out:
Nothing to do with free speech. Every public library could close tomorrow and free speech remains the same. But public libraries are a good thing to have, generally speaking. But why are they being closed and defunded? Because no one is going?
Or because the right is mad that they have an LGBT kids section and drag queen story hour? Are you equating my desire to not fund sexual child grooming with cancel culture? If that's the "rabid right", then we aren't really having a conversation.
Grrmartin is a huge progressive and not just cause he's fat
They see teaching hedonism and perversion as part of a healthy children's education. To them, not teaching about masturbation, pleasure, and promiscuity is abuse.
Libraries are bastions of Leftist activism now and they're outdated in the age of the internet anyway. They only exist to give internet access to the homeless.
Libraries also support a whole infrastructure of left wing authors with taxpayer dollars. Lib librarians all buy left wing authors and ban right wing authors. This guarantees all left wing authors enormous sales.Taxpayer dollars are used to funnel enormous sums of money to the Left, while shutting out the right.
https://youtu.be/Kg7i7f31hgk?t=173