My question is, why is this still so rampant despite widespread acknowledgement of this cheap tactic? It has gotten so out of control that is is a widely circulated meme.

This is one I’ve just never understood, and it seems to be one of the most divisive issues. The only logical reason I can see would be votes.

Free speech is being able to say whatever you want. But what else matters?

• What if your reach is restricted because of the type of speech?
• What if people retaliate against you, your employer, etc?
• What if some of your friends drop you because they don't like your views?

Where do you draw the line between free speech and "bad" speech?

• Is child porn ok?
• Is speech bad when it's restricted by law (example: nazism in Germany or blasphemy in Muslim countries)?
• How about speech that's legal, but nasty (example: "God Hates Fags" from Westboro Baptist Church)?

(That is how long the name can get)

Anyways, I honestly believe that the best way to fight against this whole wokism ideology is by acknowledging that modern day leftism is not progressive, not just by voting republican every election. In fact, modern day leftism not being progressive is the reason for why there should be more than two parties.

Now, I have made a lot of posts as to why I believed that modern day leftism is not progressive, but to summarize:

Modern day leftism may be defined as an ideology that is rooted in empathy, compassion, and fights against inequalities as well as discrimination against minority groups. Now that sounds good on paper, right? So what exactly is the flaw with that ideology? It seems perfect right?

Well here is the thing, when you have a political ideology that is rooted in empathy, and compassion alone, the only flaw with it, is that it can be used to promote harmful ideas (like children receiving puberty blockers, allowing trans women in sports, or in prisons, allowing illegal immigrants ) all in the name of tolerance, and empathy and compassion,

That is the main flaw with modern day leftism, that it can promote harmful ideas as human rights and will silence anyone who questions it.

At the end of the day, the concept of human rights are a manmade idea,. When I am saying that human rights are a manmade idea, I am not implying that it is ok to oppress people or because it is a manmade idea, that the validity of it should not be considered. We are allowed to fight for our subjective beliefs such as freedom and anatomy regardlessso human rights being a manmade idea is irrelevant anyway. I am only saying that human rights are a manmade idea to bring emphasis to the fact that left can promote harmful ideas as human rights but because those ideas are labeled as human rights, it would be harder to criticize them.

Now judging by all of what I written, does that mean that a political ideology that centers around human rights, fighting against inequalities as well as hatred and prejudice shouldn't exist based on the merit that it can promote harmful ideas as human rights?

No. That is not what I am saying, but I am saying that is the reason for why there should be more than two political parties.

So what do you say about creating a subreddit called r/leftisnotprogressive? This subreddit wouldn't be an echochamber for rightwingers or conservatives, but rather a subreddit for free thinkers who feel the current political binary system is outdated and not progressive.

genuine question a