> the far left, who have upped demands from reasonable tolerance [...] to ridiculous [...] proportions that have caused the pushback.
This is the equivalent of the schoolyard bully saying "I wouldn't have hit him if he hadn't asked for his lunch money back."
Re:Heresy
by version_five on Sunday April 10, 2022 @02:39PM
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I don't really want to debate you in analogy space, but what I said was equivalent to "the bully already gave you your lunch money back, but you're not happy with that anymore and stand there continuing to taunt him and asking for more money (or to acknowledge his priviledge or something)."
My comment was giving my perception, anyway, I'm not trying to persuade.
I see the former (and maybe the latter, I honestly don't pay too much attention), but my interpretation is that a major culprit for any reversals in rights is the far left, who have upped demands from reasonable tolerance (which we had essentially achieved) to ridiculous "you're actively protesting with us or your against us" proportions that have caused the pushback.
Just to add, in principle I'm against
> anti-"critical race theory" laws and "don't say gay" laws
even if they are mischaracterized to a large extent. But I see them as the latest escalation in response to provocation from the left. They were not written in a vacuum.