Liberal Fascism Update

I heard two seemingly unrelated stories today but both share one thing very much in common: A growing number of people who adamantly describe themselves as "progressive" and "open-minded" have clearly become the close-minded bigots of the New Millennium. Presented below are two prime examples.

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The University of Calgary has unilaterally removed the Free Speech rights of one group on its campus. Pedophiles? Serial killers? Neo-nazis? No, they're all allowed to say whatever they wish. Who has been banned is a Pro-Life group that wants to present their views about abortion. Ezra Levant has much more to say about this disturbing story.

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This morning I received a call from a Canadian friend of mine who works at a large American company. He related to me the not so pleasant internal forum discussion about California's Proposition 8, which puts a ban on Gay Marriage.

A self-identified gay fellow was lamenting about how homosexuals are the "New Blacks" and completely oppressed in every way. He added that anyone who doesn't support Gay Marriage is a bigot.

My friend, who doesn't really care one way or the other about Gay Marriage, pointed out a few things to this fellow:

1. Labeling anyone who disagrees with you as a bigot isn't very conducive to having a useful discussion.
   
   
2. This would make Barack Obama a bigot.

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Anyone not familiar with Jonah Goldberg's book, Liberal Fascism, would be well advised to read it. It presents many more details of this scary period in history that we've entered.