> I think Dr Battacharya telegraphed his political opinions in a way that brought him into direct conflict with the establishment. Everyone with a shred of ind

> I think Dr Battacharya telegraphed his political opinions in a way that brought him into direct conflict with the establishment. Everyone with a shred of independent thought has opinions that conflict with the establishment. And everyone has a right to express those opinions, on Twitter and Facebook and anywhere else, without facing global censorship and smear campaigns from their own government. It's bizarre to me that people aren't pissed about this - I guess it would be seen as 'helping the other team'. Seems to me that treating politics as sport is stupid and dangerous, but apparently that's an opinion, rather than accepted common sense.