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I sure hope the Democratic Party starts calling out Murc's Law if they ever get any power back. The Republican Party can do this stuff all the time, but the Tone Police come out to start wagging their fingers at anyone to the left of Goebbels over breaking decorum or some "civility" norms. And while these Tone Police are quite often outright Republicans, the Democrats will go along with them, often joining in.
Sadly, it goes all the way down to the trenches, too. You'll agree with some leftists on 98% of policy, and they'll want to endlessly lecture if they found you used a word or phrase or argument that offends them. This happens mostly online in certain corners of the 'net, but it also happens IRL. I got lectured about having a focus on issues of class is not "intersectional" enough, and by implication, makes me a racist. This kind of thing is exactly how the elites want things to go, by the way. Pointing this out meant I have not ~~done enough struggle sessions~~, excuse me, have not read enough queer/feminist/whatever lit and I need to "check my privilege". None of this hairsplitting and maximalist identity politics is doing any good. It will never lead to the equivalent of an FDR making sweeping changes to help society overall.
I guess my point is I wish liberals would start embracing frank speech, at all levels, and stop worrying about offending people, most especially offending Republicans, "independents" and "centrists".
Exactly. There's no way large scale change can happen in society as long as those who want that change are arguing about the details and are too busy trying no to offend their allies.
Leaders have known for centuries that sowing division is the best way to keep power to themselves.