> Moves like Mark’s, and essays like pg’s, create the permission structure for people to discriminate against me. This is key. Many people might say, "come on,

> Moves like Mark’s, and essays like pg’s, create the permission structure for people to discriminate against me. This is key. Many people might say, "come on, Mark's just doing the usual sucking up to the new President" or "Paul's just expressing his views and trying to bring things back into balance.", just like they defend Trump's famous denigration of a disabled person on the campaign trail -- he was just joking, playing to the crowd. Words are real things, and when spoken by people in positions of great power, they can enable abhorrent behavior which the original speaker might never engage in (well, maybe Trump) but others will.