Zero. Online mobs are like Freddy Krueger - they only have power over you if you give it to them.
How many big, serious topics do you wish you could tweet about, but you don't because you'd risk being attacked, mobbed, and ostracized if you did?
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Never lose that charming innocence, sweet prince.
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This is partly a function of one's own level in speechcraft. There are ways to raise issues that are more likely to trigger outrage, and ways that are less likely to trigger outrage. Sometimes you just have to find that side-door.
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Part of the unspoken addiction is that many folks must raise them in the starkest manners.
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I'm a nobody, so no fear.
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As a university professor protected by tenure, there was never any good excuse for me not to engage with issues that I knew would result in people calling me names. Sticks and stones ...
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I sometimes worry that my strong ethical objections to the social-democratic model could make it difficult for me to get a job as a teacher here in Norway, as the role of a teacher here is not seen as completely value-neutral.
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I created an anon account so my boss didn't have to see me arguing about religion, racism, identity politics, and politics in general. The level charitability it takes to understand the nuance needed is impossible for anyone who is determined to see a sinister intent in a tweet.
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