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As someone on the right, I fear that this episode will be interpreted by folks on the right as extremely threatening. People who feel cornered and threatened a
by someguydave 9y ago
As someone on the right, I fear that this episode will be interpreted by folks on the right as extremely threatening. People who feel cornered and threatened and silenced are exactly the kind of people who would give themselves over to an authority who promises to rescue them from threats.
They might think something like this: "The very wealthy people who control a sizable portion of the Internet and hold vast influence in society hate me. They would gladly ruin me even if I gently express a rational and benign version of what I really think."
My point: be very careful about making threats in reaction to benign speech. People might take you seriously.