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In civil societies where it is a given that
respect for human rights is sacrosanct with
due regard for the entitlements of groups and
individuals espousing their own identities
separate and apart from the general stream
it is a rational judgement that approaches
social separations balanced humanely
by tolerance one for the other. A civil
balance gone off kilter in the passion of
rejection in a polarized world of left and
right each eager to negate the other's view
of rights and privileges. Cancel culture
the weapon of choice in a duel between
solitudes where liberal progressives decry
the presence and acceptability of the views
and values of society's conservative segment
and social conservatives seek to stifle the
trends brought to the public eye normalizing
issues affronting the majority view of social
and cultural normalcy. Communications askew
each cancelling the other. Beyond protests
denying speakers their forum, the banning of
books. The woke protest the presence of those
who question minority entitlements surpassing
those of general society. Conservatives seek
to ban publications from public and school
libraries introducing readers to nontraditional
mores belying biological science. Solution
lies in each accommodating the other for the
value of free speech is the freedom to speak
and the value of books is assessed by the reader
where compromise means availability at public
libraries and unavailable at school libraries
serving the needs of children too emotionally
immature to evaluate content rationally.
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