It's amazing that we've got this whole national dialogue about "free speech" & "cancellation" & "self-censorship" -- all these vague generic terms -- when the real issue has always been is that people want to be able to say racist & homophobic things without consequence.
These cases are never about differences over economic policy or the nature of human rights or the proper form of gov't or whatever. No one's ever "cancelled" for that stuff. They're all about racism & homo/transphobia!
It would be 1000% more honest if we just debated what we're debating: "have racism and homophobia been excessively stigmatized? Should we socially sanction a little more racism & homophobia?" That's what this is all about. It's telling that the people pushing it hardest ...
... will absolutely never say that, perhaps because, when we leave behind abstractions & euphemisms, signing on becomes a bit more uncomfortable.
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