I think the author makes several good points, but the most telling one is his ... justifiable ... fear of becoming unemployable in acadamia if identified. His i

I think the author makes several good points, but the most telling one is his ... justifiable ... fear of becoming unemployable in acadamia if identified. His ideological opponents have succeeded in narrowing their Overton window to a slit. They refuse to allow dissent. The danger of this authoritarianism has been amply demonstrated by large swaths of the history of religion. Reinventing and reinforcing heresy and excommunication is not progress.