Been told a few times lately that I need to reserve terms like 'denial of freedom of speech' 'authoritarian' & 'censorious' to law & gov.
Because 'authoritarian' & 'libertarian' are adjectives on either end of a scale describing how much freedom we think ppl should have.
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I'm confused. If I wrote this series of tweets I'd be shot down for manthreading so how come you're allowed to do it


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Yep. The whole 'manthreading' nonsense has caused many ppl to call me the prime culprit. I'm sure you'll survive.
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The Tim Hunt case is a good example of censorious people power. We should all fear the righteous fury of the TwitchHunt.
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And yes, it creates and maintains a culture that serves to shrink the permissible idea space.
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In the long term, popular attitudes drive jurisprudence, which in turn sets the boundaries of legally permissible discourse.
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