Crying and whining doesn’t win free speech arguments

Published November 25, 2020 4:55pm ET



Liberals everywhere in the United States, Western Europe, and Canada have been doing this thing now for years when they’re confronted with an idea that offends them: They cry and demand that whatever is bothering them be shut down. It often works.

The latest major case of argument by whining came this week when Vice reported that staff at Penguin Random House Canada collapsed in tears when they found out the company is publishing a book by popular author and culture critic Jordan Peterson. Executives at the company offered to host a group therapy session so the Sensitive Sallys could get things off their chest.

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