Q6. Is particularly important to how we do politics.
Political discourse: Has the left has become more intolerant over the past few years, and do these techniques improve political discourse?
Political discourse: Has the left has become more intolerant over the past few years, and do these techniques improve political discourse?
My answer: Unfortunately, authoritarianism has afflicted movements across the political spectrum and, yes, that includes traditionally left politics. I have seen thresholds for tolerating engagement with political opponents substantially lowered and I regard that as deeply. ..
.. problematic for liberal democracy – which thrives on contesting and challenging ideas through free speech. The mantra ‘not up for debate’ is particularly damaging for politics and encourages dangerous groupthink – in which environment, falsehood and distortion thrive ...
... because of such limited exposure to challenge. In our own party, I have seen women debarred from organising fringe events at conference on the most questionable of pretexts. #CancelCulture
