I don&#x27;t buy this piece&#x27;s claim that the American left follows a &quot;culture of critical discourse&quot;:  There is a disturbing trend in the modern American left of suppressing and punishing people whose opinions do not confirm to the liberal consensus.  Free speech law blog Popehat is a good source of concrete examples [1] [2] [3] [4].<p>I recently saw an article here on HN which did an excellent job of expressing this concern [5].  Sadly it didn&#x27;t get very many upvotes.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;no-safe-spaces-for-conservatives&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;no-safe-spaces-for-conservati...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;22&#x2F;how-inanely-censorious-can-college-administrators-get-university-of-wisconsin-superior-will-show-you&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;22&#x2F;how-inanely-censorious-can-co...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;23&#x2F;lets-applaud-wesleyans-student-censors-for-honesty&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;23&#x2F;lets-applaud-wesleyans-studen...</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;14&#x2F;a-market-solution-to-academic-snowflakes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;popehat.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;14&#x2F;a-market-solution-to-academic...</a><p>[5] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11545169" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11545169</a>