>The author equivocates online critique and criticism with being 'silenced'. Others have addressed the substance of your remarks. Here, I just want to mention

>The author equivocates online critique and criticism with being 'silenced'. Others have addressed the substance of your remarks. Here, I just want to mention as a fellow commenter that equivocates means "to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive; to avoid committing oneself in what one says." It does not mean to state that one thing is equivalent or leads to another.