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I don't understand why the backlash should be inevitable, or why it should be stronger than a retort.

• qayxc 6y ago
  The reason it's inevitable is because you're not addressing a specific target audience as soon as you're doing it on the internet using your actual identity or in the presence of the media as a public figure. Sure, you can voice pretty much any opinion you can think of in certain, even quite public settings (Bars, conferences, book signings, etc.) and it wouldn't necessarily affect your life or public opinion on your person in any significant way. As soon as the media is present, however, or if you do it on the internet, you inevitably address everyone - including the extremists and enemies to your cause who are just waiting for a slip-up - and that's just asking for an overblown out-of-proportion response.