In June 2016, attempting to intake both sides of the EU referendum in Britain, I was overwhelmed by the faulty promises of the Brexit supporters and astonished by the hypocritical accusations of the Remain voters. Promising to save millions of British pounds once Britain departed from the European Union was a strongly persuasive declaration, to thus be disregarded by Brexiteers immediately the vote was won. My case here is not to discuss my opinion on the referendum’s question, but instead to mention the accusations from the liberal remain voters during the campaign as one example of hypocrisy seen on the left; where again, social justice warrior-ship and regressive leftism was strong.
Sensitivity is a plague in political and social discussion; an apparatus for censorship. The worst conclusion for anyone to circulate in the political, social, religious sphere is the silencing of those who have ‘offended’. Well, to some extent, it is equitable for the standards of religion due to their teachings accentuating the suppression of their opposition. Having to witness censorship in the modern Western world is a grievous worry. With the internet and social media, bloggers, YouTubers or average users who post or ‘like’ an occasional contentious remark, are sadly seeing a decline in the importance of free speech as a result of warnings, demonetisation or suspension of their platforms by either advertisers or butt hurt viewers.
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