http://www.conservativephilosopher.com/posts/1132736225.shtmlIn two earlier posts (here and here), I made reference to some examples of how radical egalitarians use regulations, lawsuits, fines, and educational policy as a means of enforcing their vision of equality, in a way that threatens the continued existence of a free society. Here are some more recent examples.
Here is a report about how some lawmakers in the UK are proposing to make pre-school mandatory from birth(!), with the government requiring that certain "learning objectives" be met by the age of three. What sort of objectives might these be? You can be sure that it is the state, and not parents, who will end up making the decision. A clue as to what many egalitarians would favor is provided by
this report, which indicates that in Canada, the legalization of "same-sex marriage" coupled with anti-discrimination laws seems to entail writing advocacy of the sexual revolution into the public school curriculum, whatever the wishes of parents might be.
Here is a report about how the Danish Supreme Court has taken it upon itself to determine the conditions under which a church can excommunicate one of its members. And
here we read about a debate over whether the telling of certain jokes would violate proposed hate crime legislation in the UK. Finally,
here is a report on how the notorious David Irving "has been arrested in Austria on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust." That's right, arrested. Is is one thing to criticize crackpot and immoral ideas, to refuse to publish them, etc.; but to criminalize them hardly seems compatible with a free and open society.