Yikes, I don't even want to try to extend that metaphor because it's so off base. Your model of the situation is off. I think of your side like people who are afraid to go outside because the news told them it was dangerous, even though crime is at historic lows.
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I created a bot that retweets random stuff from a few lists I follow. At one point, it retweeted something offensive, and someone actually took it upon themselves to contact *my boss.* About a tweet that I didn’t write, and in fact hadn’t yet even seen.
I strongly suspect that whether someone will try to ruin your life is less a function of how controversial you are on average than the size of your following, and non-public figures w/ >~10k followers actually underestimate the risk posed by their outlier beliefs
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Yes, the more people who follow you, generally speaking, the more people there are that can take offense to or misinterpret your argument. I agree that more people are perceiving threats because of phenomena like these, but like you said it’s not a function of controversy.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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