Liberalism as Imperialism nationalreview.com/2018/09/libera…
“One of the most striking features of public life in contemporary America and Europe is the way that the Western nations are now afflicted by public-shaming campaigns and heresy hunts...”
“... whose purpose is to stigmatize and render illegitimate one or another person or group of people, opinion or policy, that is perceived as having the ability to mount any kind of meaningful resistance to liberal doctrine.“
Much of what has been written about these campaigns concentrates on the deterioration of free discourse in universities, where censorship of the professorate’s opinions, including views about Islam, homosexuality, immigration, and a host of other subjects, has become commonplace.
“There is a sense today throughout the Western world that one’s beliefs on controversial matters should no longer be discussed openly.”
“We are now aware that we must think a second and third time before acting or speaking as though the Protestant political order were still in place.”
“Genuine diversity in the constitutional or religious character of Western nations persists only at mounting cost to those who insist on their freedom.”
