Agreed. The rhetoric now is even worse because some people maintain that “words = violence” and real violence is needed to shut down this “wrong think”. I thi

Agreed. The rhetoric now is even worse because some people maintain that “words = violence” and real violence is needed to shut down this “wrong think”. I think some people would be amazed if they realized that it’s OK when people disagree[0] and doubly OK when people have different opinions on how to fix something[1]. Finally it’s become hard or impossible to stand up for the RIGHT of people to express marginalized opinions lest you yourself get accused of having those opinions. Wonder if the ACLU could ever “get away” with defending free speech even for bigoted groups in 2020. [0] - Some people have genuine and compelling (for them, at least) reasons to be pro life despite society as a whole disagreeing with them. [1] - Plenty of people agree that global warming is a problem, but disagree with the popular narrative on how (or even how fast) they need to fix it.