It's one thing to offer support, it's something else to use support to make silencing someone palatable. I will disagree with this no matter who does it. Even

It's one thing to offer support, it's something else to use support to make silencing someone palatable. I will disagree with this no matter who does it. Even feeling as strongly as I do about this, I would personally have a hard time turning down millions of dollars — the power imbalance is so large here that it's the illusion of a choice.