(Townhall) The Left has a litmus test to participate in their society. You must pass tests to make a living, lest you be subjected to cancellation due to the unhinged policing of woke mobs. And these protocols are enforced with authoritarian tenacity. It used to be contained in niche businesses, like weddings, where the cake wars worked their way to the Supreme Court not long ago. Being a gun owner now subjects certain Americans to intrusive searches by the FBI, with their personal banking information being handed over to the feds by banks.
The erosion of support for free speech, accelerating among liberals over the past decade, will breed a voter class that holds these opinions: that everyone must kowtow to their political views. The fact that we have the right to disagree is intolerant to the average progressive; their toxic self-righteousness cannot allow differing opinions.
The progressive Left’s non-official litmus test is now leeching into adoption policy, where a Massachusetts family got their adoption request denied over their Catholic faith (via WSJ):
