Exactly. I feel that we are at a place in this country right now where people broadly do not tolerate ideas that differ from their own; where the president leads his followers in boycotting news networks, stations, even athletic events that are anything other than mindless propaganda for his agenda. And the phenomenon is replicated among leftists. Critical thinking as a concept is at a premium right now, I feel. I feel that
political bigotry is a real thing too that we are presently living with here in the Western world of today.
There was a time when women like Sheila Jeffreys and Mary Daly could not only
speak on a university campus, but actually be esteemed professors in their fields! There was a time when women like these could get on television and make their case without the network being boycotted in protest just for having them. They weren't exactly
popular, but they were
allowed. I mean here it is: here is Sheila Jeffreys going on a TV talk show in 1990 to present her case against heterosexuality, taking on (including the host) no less than
four detractors simultaneously, and holding up remarkably well under those circumstances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNOF8z6O5i0
That era is clearly over. That would not be allowed to happen today. I kind of miss that aspect of the past.