> Why open yourself up to real life consequences from a puritanical culture when you can limit discussions to those you know share similar views? Or with peopl

> Why open yourself up to real life consequences from a puritanical culture when you can limit discussions to those you know share similar views? Or with people who may have wildly different views from you, but whom you trust to disagree amicably and remain tolerant of those views. I started a private discussion board a few years ago for just this purpose: it became impossible to have a good-faith discussion of almost anything on the open web. Within the boundaries of a private community, you can have some expectation of safety that you can't have if the audience is the entire world, as it is on Twitter (or even HN). With that safety you can disagree more with less fear of consequences, which is how it should be (and was, before all this shit).