As much as I would sometimes enjoy silencing certain individuals for the things they say, I am against the very act of silencing, or ‘cancelling’, as it is called nowadays, anyone. I deem it better to criticise them, albeit without mincing my words. A truly democratic society should provide a platform for all opinions – not just opinions that are substantiated or making sense. The free expression of all views should be allowed at all times, however idiotic they may be. As an illustration of Voltaire’s beliefs, Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote:<\/p>\n
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”.<\/p>\n
Instead of respectfully disapproving each other’s views and engaging in civilised debate or simply ignoring the views we dislike, woke people cancel people they disagree with. Cancelling means annulling individuals from public exposure for an opinion or action deemed politically incorrect, bigotted, or offensive.<\/p>\n
For example, J.K. Rowling, the author of the iconic Harry Potter books, was cancelled because she tweeted that women should be called ‘women’ and not ‘people with wombs’, heroically claiming that biological rather than psychological factors are the only valid criterium for determining a person’s gender.<\/p>\n
Contrary to women, men do not have wombs, she thinks. For the acknowledgement of this objective fact, which has also been acknowledged by all scientists who have walked the globe since the discovery of the womb, she received severe backlash and a flood of death threats from disgruntled SJW’s who are so tolerant they threaten to murder you. Thousands of outraged, disappointed fans worldwide have stored away Rowling’s books in a dusty corner of their attic after hearing her transphobic hate speech.<\/p>\n
Rowling is now the enemy of the LGBTQIA – community and activists worldwide. Afting labelling the former President of the United States a misogynist, much to the delight of her current critics, she is now getting a taste of her own bitter medicine – or should I say, magic potion? The fact the murderous protagonist of her latest book is a transgender, didn’t help.<\/p>\n
There are barely any non-white characters in the Harry Potter stories, and the main characters themselves are white and heterosexual. Could it be that Rowling is not only mysogynistic and transphobic, but also racist and sexist? The woke brigade, often pronoucing these four adjectives in one single breath, would certainly agree.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the point of engaging in debates you might lose if you can just destroy the person\u2019s career and reputation by pulling the appropriate -ist card? Silencing people is so much easier than letting their inconvenient truths confront you with the demons you’re desperately trying to avoid.<\/p>\n
It is time to stop sacrificing the truth on the totalitarian altar of political correctness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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