A recent post in Medium pointed to how a culture of political correctness has brought about a situation where ideas – not hate speech, just ideas – can no longer be freely expressed for fear that one might renege on the Great Truth. Umair Haque, the writer of the piece, says: “Old Leftism asked us to sacrifice our individualism for the collective. Yawn. New Leftism offers us something far more tempting: sacrificing our potential for our identities. That is its central sleight of hand, and what is so alluring about it, especially to the youngs [sic]. Here is a long, long list of all possible identities, it says. They are approved, validated, acceptable. You can be a non-conformist — as long as you conform to them. You know the jargon already, perhaps: pansexual alloromantic sex-neutral male person. This is what, in the jargon, you “identify as” — not what (heaven forbid) you may become.”