In my youth, the greatest culture war issues were abortion and same-sex marriage. While these are two very distinct issues, the left made great progress on both by convincing many Americans, especially in my Millennial generation, that theirs was the “live-and-let-live” position.

Today, questions about gender identity and ideology are often thrown in with these other “culture war” issues. This is not appropriate. On gender issues, the left is not fighting to have the culturally dominant narrative or set of values. They aren’t even pretending to fight for freedom. They’re demanding fealty. The left’s mantra has shifted from “live and let live” to “speak as we say — or else.”

Graham Linehan is pictured May 12 in London.

The Sept. 1 arrest of Irish comedian Graham Linehan at Heathrow airpo

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