On: Author warns about 'epidemic of self-censorship'

[ryandrake]

The point is that the extreme positions are the ones typically resulting in backlash. Nobody is being canceled because they speak out against the capital gains tax. "Oh, you know the ones"[1]

1: https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...

[pannSun → ryandrake]

Here are a few examples of non-extreme/factual positions resulting in backlash: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33800802

[trention → ryandrake]

Ah, yes, like the extreme position of being against affirmative action: https://www.thefire.org/news/ilya-shapiro-resigns-georgetown...