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Its hard to say without a more detailed analysis. But there is a cultural drift towards censorship on the left.

No Platforming, Safe Spaces, Political Correctness are all movements that predominantly come from the Leftist Ideological spectrum.

So the willingness of a Democrat to censor ideas that disagree with there own is validated and 'normalized' by these left leaning movements.

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"Safe Spaces" and "Political Correctness" are not censorship. They are about changing cultural interactions. I'm not a real "supporter" of either ideologies, but I believe its good to be nice to each other.

These movements do not 'changing culture' they create ideological bubbles where radical views get promoted and push the in-group ideology furtherer and further away from tolerance of other people with different views.

One of the points in the article was that Democrats are more willing to self segregate from people they have disagreements with on social media. Its not clear if this is a trend that is increasing or not. My guess is that it is. The left has wrapped these bubbles movements like safe spaces in a positive language that makes it acceptable for those in the bubble.

I agree with this sentiment, but would add that I'd rather people want to be nice to each other than be forced to be nice to each other. It's a lot more compelling to have reasons why being nice is good than to just tell people to do what we want them to.

You are being forced to nice to each other?? I'm confused what you are talking about.

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