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It's entirely normal and healthy to constantly question whether we've gone too far by locking everyone up inside for months on end. Even if that answer is mostly: no, it's not.

It seems people today are okay with trying to weed out anyone who they think is "wrong" from being able to communicate. That scares me more than Elon tweeting.

I strongly believe it's good having "crazy" or "wrong" people challenging the norms, especially when they have good intentions and contribute meaningfully to the conversation. Society has always had these sorts of people on the edges/fringes and the world didn't end. Frequently they helped move things along for the better.

That doesn't mean we should kill any conversation before it even starts - or, even crazier, calling to prevent them from running their own companies because they express unpopular opinions in their spare time.




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