No Fun Allowed! How the Left Became the Fun Police.
Back in the day, supposedly conservatives were the ones who cracked down on fun. The common knowledge went that liberals were focused on free expression and free speech, while the right tried to shut things down.\nThe modern left has abandoned its old principles of free expression, however, and become infamous for scolding Americans on not being 100% politically correct.\nNoah Rothman, author of the new book \u201cThe Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives\u2019 War on Fun,\u201d says this new wave of woke censorship echoes the utopian push by the Puritans of old.\nRothman says the leftist utopia is \u201ca sort of messianic mission\u201d that views anything not directly pushing leftist ideology \u201cas not only worthless, but a threat [and] a menace.\u201d\nHe continues:\nThe ideal here, an unrealizable ideal, is the creation, insofar as it is possible, of the ideal society. This is a vision, a framework of social organization, that extirpates the maladies associated with human frailty. It\u2019s an unachievable objective.Rothman joins the show to detail the left\u2019s shift from free expression to wokescolding, and how the rest if us can best counter it.\xa0\nWe also cover these stories:\n\nPresident Joe Biden says he is committed to putting more restrictions on gun ownership in America.\xa0\n\nBillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk backs off from buying Twitter and shares memes about it.\n\nGas prices are going down, according to AAA.\n\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.