Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
That tiny minority has a very loud voice now because of social media, and they have gotten very good at morally terrorizing people.
A very tiny minority have their entire sense of morality bound up in their preferred policy positions, and get morally outraged at any dissent.
We all know that C. S. Lewis quote, yes?
That tiny minority has a very loud voice now because of social media, and they have gotten very good at morally terrorizing people.