I remember this was a particularly common talking point a couple of years ago (probably circa #MeToo), but thankfully I haven't heard it much since. It seems li

I remember this was a particularly common talking point a couple of years ago (probably circa #MeToo), but thankfully I haven't heard it much since. It seems like the left kind of goes crazy in fits and spurts, but once the zeitgeist dies down they just kind of go quiet on all of the indefensible things that were said ("we literally want to abolish policing", "violent protest is necessary to affect change", "men need to be taught not to rape", etc). And "going quiet" is certainly a lot better than "doubling down", so it's not a horrible outcome. Note that I'm not implying that the right does better (I'm not a righty, I'm one of those universally reviled moderate liberals) or really noting anything else outside of this one quirky observation.