You're just confirming what the parent says: only people with enlightened, progressive ideas can say whatever they want.
I’m saying demonstratably bad positions will be called out as such.
Doesn’t matter if they are or are from progressive people. So please stuff that strawman somewhere else.
Things may have gotten worse, but there was never a time when you could freely say without consequences whatever you thought in whichever social group.
It may have felt like that if you were part of a privileged group and did not stray too far.
The choice isn't automatic: abritinthebay apparently does endorse a hostile interpretation of any speech by people who "hold opinions that have been demonstratably wrong for 40+ years" and "made a concious choice to be a bigot", which I believe makes both comedy and nuance impossible, but at least they're honest about it.