> Nobody is trying to hunt down people with an unpopular, sincere opinion. It was a different time. One could posit crazy ideas, play Devil's Advocate for all

> Nobody is trying to hunt down people with an unpopular, sincere opinion. It was a different time. One could posit crazy ideas, play Devil's Advocate for all sorts of horrible positions, and even be an outright asshole, with little consequence other than maybe being dropped into a lot of kill files. Compare that to what happened to Tim Hunt or RMS more recently. Hard to see how we might get back to the older ways. Maybe people will start opening up illicit "speakeasys" where people can, well, speak easily, without fear of life-altering consequences.