Are you aware that the cultural revolution didn't start with this? No successful movement starts with "let's go murder a bunch of our fellow countrymen"; it gradually builds up to it.
Historically, students had consistently opposed administrative calls for campus censorship, yet recently Lukianoff was encountering more demands for campus censorship, from the students.
How many more supported such measures, but had the sense to lie about it?
[0] Here's the poll. Search for 'designated facilities' and 'remove parents’ custody': https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/par...
Hillary, in the count of 50+ (source: CBS, not a conspiracy theory, sorry!), check!
> no show trials
Trump, check!
> no 'Cleansing of the Class Ranks'
"MAGA, right-wing extremists and white supremacists are our biggest threat to this country" — Biden, literally
But I digress, I guess? I dunno.
The Wall Street Journal, Washington Enquirer, Fox News, etc. are all just as allowed to freely publish whatever they wish as they ever were, there is not mass brutalization or violence being done against you, most people I live and work around are openly conservative/libertarian and suffer no consequences because of it, there are no struggle sessions. There is no 'Cleansing of the Class Ranks.' There are no show trials, forced suicides, etc. etc. etc.
Engaging in dishonest and ahistorical histrionics is unhelpful for everyone.