[tjd1454]

There exists an alarming conspiracy on the part of the MSM, the Democratic Party, gay activists, and radical leftists to suppress conservative viewpoints by labeling them “hate speech” that is unworthy of protection under the First Amendment.

[BenLurkin]

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[ctdonath2]

Likewise the accusation of “racism”. Nowadays its use rarely involves anything to do with race; actually the usual targets of the term are demonstrably non-racist, with the accuser accusing solely based on the accused’s race, with the accused having commented solely on chosen behavior.

[flytrysk]

Very scary. If the forces of evil prevail, “hate speech” will become a felony punishable by draconian fines and jail time (it’s already happening - as in the cases of the Kentucky clerk and Christian bakers and florists). If the oppression is allowed to continue, how long will it be before conservatives and Christians are consigned to the gulags?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

There exists an alarming conspiracy on the part of the MSM, the Democratic Party, gay activists, and radical leftists to suppress conservative viewpoints by labeling them “hate speech” that is unworthy of protection under the First Amendment.

Agreed. My analysis is that the defining characteristic of “liberals” is cynicism toward society, and—correspondingly*—a naive faith in government.

* Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him, out of two evils to choose the least.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense

It follows from that analysis that skepticism toward society is sine qua non for the justification of any government at all - and that cynicism toward society would be a rationale for giving government carte blanche to regulate society autocratically.

Journalists are cynical about society because:

• journalists are on the lookout for bad news about society to report. That is, journalists are systematically negative about society, and journalists know it.

• despite self-knowledge by journalists that they are negative, journalists claim to be objective.

• The implication of that claim is the conceit that negativity is objectivity. And you will be hard put to find a better definition of cynicism than that conceit.

Accordingly it is only natural for journalists as a class to be “liberals.”