John McWhorter is best known as being a severe critic of the illiberal (woke) left. Until recently, he had less concern about the antics of the reactionary right. DeSantis and the Florida Legislature, however, have changed his mind. Today, he is threatening a plague on both illiberal houses.
I agree, but if McWhorter thought the right was genuinely interested in protecting free speech, he was being painfully naive. Censorship is very much a part of the reactionary DNA. It always has been. Remember the battles over publications in small town libraries? What about the Index of Prohibited Books?
I hate to keep saying this, but it is worth repeating: the illiberalism of prominent GOP politicians is more dangerous than the ideas of woke teenagers on Twitter. People with guns and power matter more than people who don’t. That’s a matter of common sense.