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What do you do when people demand conformity with inaccurate political views as a price for joining an effort more important than politics?

One thing you can do is insist on a separation between political and other discussions, on general principles of epistemic hygiene.

Another thing you can do is develop a practical theory of how to evade political pressure on your inner thoughts.

This is compatible with an emphasis on cooperation, making sure to avoid needless button-pushing and biases opposite to the pressure.

Political movements are not agents or superintelligences; they can, to some extent, be appeased and diverted without being capitulated to.

If (nontrivial assumption) some piece of writing is genuinely well-meaning and rational, those turned away by it may not be worth keeping.