Conservatives know that when the American Left wants us to “have a conversation” about an issue, it means they get to talk incessantly until we agree with them.
To progressives, there is one, approved view on a given issue and all others are atavistic throwbacks to an era before “progress.”
Observe that humans (and all mammals) come in two sexes, and you are a “transphobe.”
Suggest it is unfair for males to compete against females in sports and unsafe for men to share prison cells with women, and it is “hate speech.”
Declare that America is about equal opportunity, not equal outcomes, and uphold merit over race- and sex-based discrimination, and you are racist and misogynistic.
Argue against mass illegal immigration, and you are xenophobic at best, racist at worst.
The Washington Post recently printed an opinion piece by David Bier of the Cato…