Bot.....
Let me share this example/insight, maybe this will give a different perspective to things.
What makes life as a society great, as humans, is we are not driven by instinct of animals, who herd, with like.
We preach diversity as a good thing.....
Well, that is until it broaches upon our own comfort zone, beliefs, or understandings.
Then we get defensive.
You use to edit, censor, and delete post, when you didn't like them.
You could default to, "those are the rules" as reasoning, but you didn't apply it equally.
You even remarked you deleted mine because you were tired of my BS.....
Now, take your "feelings" and TRY and extend that to others, who DO NOT see, believe, feel, etc, the same way about issues that CNN, liberals, Hollywood, you, etc, feel, believe.
Should they be denied to have their own feelings and beliefs?
Your "rule" justifying why you censored free expression, that it must be upheld, is the same mentality of those "deplorable" who voted Trump, against policies that went against the rule of law, like illegal immigration, etc.
But I think the biggest factor is that they are tired of being ignored, and minimized, and shamed under the guise that political correctness creates a better, more fair, society....
I say, its just plain, bullying into submission, Hollywood being a perfect example at the consequences if you don't do the herd thought....
I don't believe I'm wrong, but have it....
I'll listen.
PS: The guy writing the linked article used the word, "combat" in going against the opposition.
That word alone is extremely telling to me.
It puts his whole motivation into context, about winning, not reaching any understanding.....
Just like war.