What We cannot Discuss: the Tyranny of the Left

Recently two events highlighted the tyranny of the left in seeking to shut out discussion of anything that any leftist group rejects.  A mother of a student at a Catholic College criticized young women who wore tights to mass as too revealing and distracting to men.  Then two airports, one in Buffalo and another in San Antonio rejected a Chick-Fil A concession due to their opposition to the LGBT community.   On the first matter, it was not long ago that mothers would teach their daughters that young men (really all men) were very attracted to the female body and dressing in revealing ways was a cause of lustful thoughts in men.  They counseled them to be helpful to the men.  This is quite obvious, but we are not supposed to say this, even if it is dress for the mass.  The intense rejection and protest of this one letter shows the hatred for traditional moral norms.  One comedian who does not care about modesty (he tells many dirty jokes) said his visit to the gym is like observing a gynecology exam.  He gets away with it because he is no proponent of traditional morality, but the reason for the push back is against any assertion of traditional moral sensitivities.  So also with Chick-Fil A: they do not as a corporation oppose the LGBT movement, and their hiring is without discrimination.  But their founder does give to Christian organizations like Athletes in Action which is a Christian group that fosters sexual relations as only intended by God for traditional marriage.  

One could ask why single out Chick-Fil A.  The position of Athletes in Action is the official position of the Roman Catholic Church.  Therefore by their reasoning, any person who supports Catholic Charities should also have their business boycotted.  Any member of a Catholic Church or an Evangelical church should be boycotted.  We are finding that the left now has a list of things that they have defined as no longer subjects for discussion, and that by intimidation they will shut down all discussion.  Here are a few:

  1. That human sexual physical relations is intended by God for traditional marriage alone.  
  2. That transgenderism is a rejection of clear biological realities. 
  3. That transgender treatments are dangerous to the body (This is very scientific)
  4. That transgender females (biological men who compete in women’s sports) have an unfair advantage and destroy women’s sports. 
  5. That Christianity is God’s way of salvation.  
  6. That black on black crime is much more of a serious problem in the cities than police abuses.  
  7. That some homosexuals flip and become heterosexuals.  Maybe we should look at this.  After all, some homosexuals speak of gender fluidity. 
  8. That the founders of the United States were good men and have to be judged by the progress they made in their age, not by our age.  Their statues should remain, and they should be honored. 
  9. That human rights were rooted in the Biblical faith.  

The intimidation has to stop, but only if we rise up and are not intimidated.  These points are legitimate points for discussion have to be asserted and boldly.  Also, it should be noted that the one common element in the intimidation and the claim of hate speech is the hatred mostly of Christianity and traditional morality.  The assertion of traditional morality is said to be hate speech.  We must fight back.  That morality is a great source of world progress.  Family stability based on traditional morality is the key to progress.  We are not demanding that we impose our morality on others, but that we can be proponents of our faith and morality and convince others of the truth.