Augustus Doricko

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More in my essay below.

Many rightists lament the era of “cancel culture” and tout “free speech” as both the remedy preferable ideology.

Unappreciated that the language of leftists’ responses to Red Scare Mcarthyism and American imperialism was identical.

People often lazily reconcile this potential contradiction by claiming Free Speech is uniquely American, and part of what makes America great. People claim “Free speech” is what enabled us to react to overextension in the direction of any ideology in our past, thereby reverting to a truer and better political reality. This line of thinking is what begets “I don’t agree with what you say but I’ll die for your right to say it” types.

This line of thinking, and reading of our history, is romanticized and juvenile.

Each “correction” to the ideological moments I listed, and most all of those in America’s past, did not come about via fair intellectual debate in the marketplace of ideas. Each “correction” came from a wave of people being thrown into the machine, either by principled sacrifice or involuntary mob-execution of their perception in the kangaroo court of public opinion. Eventually, so many people are crushed in the machine of intolerance that the machine grinds to a halt. Bystanders look regretfully at what happened and declare how unreasonable it was, but only after the machine has stopped and they risk nothing in saying so.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed barely a decade after America’s constitution was signed, criminalizing criticism of the state. Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus. And so on. In reality, America has little more tradition of free speech than any other state. We just have a slightly less violent state and significantly more citizens willing to incur great personal penalty for the sake of saying what they believe in.

As someone that genuinely aspires to love everyone, this reality is sad. But it is real. “Free speech” is a bludgeon used by the marginalized against those with power, be it political, social, or financial. They use it until they have power.

The cycle goes on. Midterms, etc.

Congratulations to the new governor of the GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA

🎉 @XavierBecerra 🎉

The best is yet to come for this state, stay tuned

El Segundo:
Anakin, Qui-Gon Jin, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Stormtroopers, Clones, Ewoks, R2D2

San Francisco:
Jaba the Hut, Jar Jar Binks, Emperor Palpatine, Greedo, all separatist droids, Jawas, C3PO

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