We are entering a time of prim moral panic that echoes the temperance movement and the prohibition era. I don't even bother discussing controversial ideas anymore because apparently there is now a list of approved viewpoints and one isn't allowed to play devil's advocate.
Palahniuk's recent novel Adjustment Day lampooned this state of affairs beautifully but it's ultimately depressing, there seems no alternative but to wait for the free speech pendulum to swing back to open discourse in another 15 years or so.
Palahniuk's recent novel Adjustment Day lampooned this state of affairs beautifully but it's ultimately depressing, there seems no alternative but to wait for the free speech pendulum to swing back to open discourse in another 15 years or so.