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Taibbi emphasized that censorship, while often justified by claims of preventing radical ideologies, has led to broader repressive measures impacting a various range of expression. The very laws intended to inhibit harmful rhetoric have been wielded against dissenting voices, compromising the tenets they aimed to protect.
The Quagmire of Political Identity
As Taibbi critiqued the evolution of liberal discourse around censorship, he identified a significant shift in sentiment—a detachment from the core liberal value of free expression. Both Dore and Taibbi agreed that those who once identified as traditional liberals are now more aligned with illiberal philosophies that condone censorship under the guise of protection against perceived extremism.