The Left Wants to Eliminate Competing Ideas Tuesday, January 19, 2021 @ 8:40 AM It was President Dwight Eisenhower who once wrote that “in a democracy debate is the breath of life.” Today, it seems as if the Left wants to snuff that breath out. Competing ideas must be censored and even canceled. Only PC groupthink will be tolerated. Back in 2012, GLAAD, which originally stood for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, launched its so-called “Commentator Accountability Project.” It started with a list of 36 “anti-gay” commentators, people whom GLAAD urged the mainstream media to keep off the air. Why? The views of these commentators were considered dangerous and could hurt people. Plus, GLAAD alleged, they really weren’t expert in their fields.