Thank goodness that eight states are protecting us for having hurt feelings. Aaron Siburium reports:

Today Greg Lukianoff reports that the American Stasi are hard at work. His article: “Bias reporting systems were a nightmare on campus — and now they’re everywhere: Neighbors reporting neighbors for speech that is protected under the First Amendment is textbook totalitarianism, and it must not be tolerated”

Excerpt:

That has actually been my biggest nightmare, and it has become reality in more ways than one. As I posted on X this morning, the word “fascist” is overused, mainly for things that look nothing like fascism. Words have meanings, and “fascism” is often invoked for a range of things — from the very bad but nonetheless distinct idea of “authoritarianism” to something more akin to “anything I don’t like.” Hell, I’ve even heard people equate support for free speech with fascism, which is just about the most ahistorical assertion imaginable.

But neighbors reporting neighbors for speech that is protected under the First Amendment, and entire government entities created for fielding and responding to those reports, is absolutely what fascism, or really any form of totalitarianism, looks like.

I am speaking about bias reporting systems, sometimes called bias response teams, which are essentially snitch hotlines where people can report others for “offensive” or “hateful” speech. The act of doing this to your fellow Americans over protected speech would be bad enough, but these systems go further. They often consist not only of administrators, but also law enforcement. Your eyes are not deceiving you. These systems include law enforcement dedicated to “responding” to reports on First Amendment-protected speech.