Self-censorship is an epidemic, caused by academia. And here’s the tactic: Make any word or opinion potentially taboo — depending on the mob’s feelings that week. Then you make the punishment unknowable. Will you get hauled before a DEI officer? Suspended? Kicked off social media? Ridiculed? Fired?
>Self-censorship is an epidemic, caused by academia. And here’s the tactic: Make any word or opinion potentially taboo — depending on the mob’s feelings that week. Then you make the punishment unknowable. Will you get hauled before a DEI officer? Suspended? Kicked off social media? Ridiculed? Fired?
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