tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post4221168940605903347..comments2023-06-24T04:31:55.215-04:00Comments on The Orange Tory: Silencing the Opposition or the OdiousSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507376219360029032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post-41078664417188997912016-03-22T22:09:20.269-04:002016-03-22T22:09:20.269-04:00While I'm sure some of the origins of this tre...While I'm sure some of the origins of this trend could be tied to the political correctness of the 1990s I think it has spread to a general intolerance of opposing views. As to your second set of points, I'm not sure that incident with Rebel Media's personality holds much water under scrutiny. The issue is these battles don't permit a debate to occur at all.SJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507376219360029032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608187347082258635.post-48084855349804264432016-03-22T21:57:02.392-04:002016-03-22T21:57:02.392-04:00Funny thing-I remember reading Richard Gwyn's ...<br />Funny thing-I remember reading Richard Gwyn's 1994 book <i>Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Canadian</i>, wherein he discussed this trend among some progressive groups. He noted the extent to which their members could even turn on each other, citing university professors and the emotional wrenching they experienced when they were the ones suddenly targeted with all the venom their fellow-travelers threw at them. <br /><br />In my mind, anyone who resorts to the kinds of tactics that you describe (trying to stop people from attending rallies, throwing urine bottles at reporters, as happened to a reporter from the Rebel Media last month) has already lost the debate. Jared Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893936894329476190noreply@blogger.com