If you needed evidence that feelings are not a reliable way of understanding reality, here’s this.https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1056865090450939908 …
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I don’t doubt journalists feel unsafe. I don’t doubt that, especially in the current climate, they actually *are* in greater danger. But these sorts of reality-bending hyperboles are not helpful.
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Replying to @SarahTheHaider
I think it's b/c the hostility is more in-your-face (jeering crowds, social media threats, etc) now than it was then, for her.
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Replying to @scottie1479
That sounds likely. Also the social media exposure probably does make her less safe, regardless of feelings.
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