I hope your prediction is right on Rushdie, though I imagine you wouldn't swap places with him, right? I sure wouldn't: https://92newshd.tv/bounty-for-killing-salman-rushdie-increased/ …. But I don't get your stance: 'people who aren't in personal danger of silencing shouldn't speak out in favour of people who are?'
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The vast majority of people who are fired for their beliefs and attitudes are not high-profile writers on twitter, they are minorities who are not well-protected by legislation. The idea that "silencing" is a major concern makes no sense whatsoever in context
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The US only just - in 2020! - made it illegal to fire people for being transgender. But the horrors of a few people being fired unfairly for social media faux pas has prompted such widespread outrage among these powerful writers that they decided to get together and be angry
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