I don't think there are any (even far) leftwanting to ban non-diverse representation.
I think it's impossible to ban 'conservative thoughts' because that's such a poorly defined phrase.
However there are people who want to ban religion.
One difference is that a much larger proportion of far right (almost all of them) want to ban lgbtq depiction and existence compared to the number of far left who want to ban religion or non-diverse representation.
It says on the wikipedia article itself
'The horseshoe theory does not enjoy wide support within academic circles; peer-reviewed research by political scientists on the subject is scarce, and existing studies and comprehensive reviews have often contradicted its central premises, or found only limited support for the theory under certain conditions.'
> I don't think there are any (even far) leftwanting to ban non-diverse representation.
Look at the rules to win an Oscar now.
To cite a direct and personal case, I was involved in writing code for one of the US government's COVID bailout programs, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Billions of dollars of relief, but targeted to non-white, non-male restaurant owners. There was a lawsuit after the fact to stop the unfair filtering, but it was too late and the funds were completely dispensed. That felt really gross (though many of my colleagues cheered and even jeered at the complainers).
> I think it's impossible to ban 'conservative thoughts' because that's such a poorly defined phrase.
I commented in /r/conservative (which I was banned from) a few times, and I was summarily banned from five or six other subreddits by some heinous automation. Guilt by association. Except it wasn't even -- I was adding commentary in /r/conservative to ask folks to sympathize more with trans folks. Both sides here ideologically ban with impunity and can be intolerant of ideas they don't like.
I got banned from my city's subreddit for posting a concern about crime. Or maybe they used these same automated, high-blast radius tools. I'm effectively cut out of communication with like-minded people in my city. I think that's pretty fucked.
Mastodon instances are set up to ban on ideology...
This is all wrong and a horrible direction to go in.
It doesn't matter what your views are, I think we all need to be more tolerant and empathetic of others. Even those we disagree with.
It says on the wikipedia article itself 'The horseshoe theory does not enjoy wide support within academic circles; peer-reviewed research by political scientists on the subject is scarce, and existing studies and comprehensive reviews have often contradicted its central premises, or found only limited support for the theory under certain conditions.'