On: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share

[thaneross]

I can tell you, mentioning I'm in a polyamorous relationship with my coworkers feels _less safe_ today then it did 5 years ago. People before didn't really understand (they still don't) but I usually encountered an attitude of live-and-let-live tolerance. Today I get 3 reactions: conservatives who are afraid to say anything so they avoid me, progressives who treat me like some kind of novelty, and the rest who don't care. I don't consider this progress.

[dragonwriter → thaneross]

I suspect that specific issue is less to do with “cancel culture” and more to do with and more to do with polygamy and polyandry in recent years becoming,among other things, reality TV fodder and thus issues that are more in the public consciousness and about which people are more likely to have come to a somewhat firm opinion on.

[thaneross → dragonwriter]

That doesn't match my experience. People are afraid to speak openly to me and that does me a disservice.

[disposekinetics → thaneross]

> People are afraid to speak openly to me and that does me a disservice.

I'm ideologically aligned with you, at least on this, and I would be afraid to speak openly. I think you are correct about this diagnosis.