> We used to be able to have data driven civil conversations. That "we" was a very exclusive club by design, and now that people outside it are trying to butt

> We used to be able to have data driven civil conversations. That "we" was a very exclusive club by design, and now that people outside it are trying to butt in, it is only natural that doors would be slammed in their face. The idea that the club was open to all was a fiction, told in the knowledge that only "we" had a voice to speak with anyways.