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Why do you expect this stuff from the right? The right supports equal rights for individuals ala the US Constitution.

The left supports special rights based on membership of a group such as race, gender, gender expression, sexuality, etc...

It seems to me the left is behaving exactly as expected.

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Traditionally at least, the American right has been very skeptical of concepts like free speech even though they are in the Constitution -- the two Red Scares (1920s and 1950s) wanted to silence Communists and even just labor activists even though their rights to express themselves were enshrined in law. This led to the creation of left-leaning organizations like the ACLU to defend the rights of free expression as guaranteed by the Constitution. So, yes, it is surprising to find a modern branch of the left that doesn't support free expression.

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