Identity politics is often brought up when it’s used by the left to denounce somebody with whom they disagree with. We hear countless stories of Gen Z at university campuses shutting down right-wing speakers such as Milo Yiannopoulos or Ben Shapiro because their speech is just too frightening for them to handle. Right-wingers censoring speech is something not discussed as much but has historically been, and currently remains, a major issue. Take the religious right in America, who blamed Marylin Manson for school shootings, trying to stop their kids from listening to the provocative singer for fear they become a school shooter themselves. Or recently when Donald Trump said he would like to tighten libel laws in the US. And even Theresa May, the-then home secretary, who banned Tyler, the Creator from the UK for “posing a threat to public order”. This right-wing snowflakism is embodied best by those who conflate criticism of the Israeli Government with prejudice against Jews as a p
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