> They could have stopped reading at any point, no need to be respectful by finishing. Now you are advocating for freedom from consequences of speech by enforc

> They could have stopped reading at any point, no need to be respectful by finishing. Now you are advocating for freedom from consequences of speech by enforced ignorance. > Please see my comment above about the way things used to be in America Color me shocked the world was so agreeable when there was less diversity in people with power and the conflict was not about their essential worth based on unalterable traits of gender and race. > generally speaking political disagreements didn't devolve into calling others Nazis It doesn't now either, excluding the anonymity provided by the internet. I've had a lot of conversations about politics where me and the counterparty disagreed, I cannot recall one instance where someone called someone a Nazi to their face. Twitter is not reality. > That sort of extreme partisanship can only result in unpleasant consequences. Even accepting your premise...unpleasant for whom? Change is never pleasant.