The most dangerous censorship is the one that is happening to you.
We used to have a policy literally called "Don't Tell" in the US. People who "told" (or were outed) were fired... assuming they weren't killed for it, by somebody who would claim that they "panicked" (a defense still legal in 38 states[1]). That wasn't the most dangerous censorship.
Women are commonly told that if they wear the wrong thing, then they deserve to be raped. Clothes are a form of self-expression -- but shutting that up isn't the most dangerous censorship.
A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist was denied tenure because one donor didn't like what she said. But that's not the most dangerous censorship.
We all watched a videotaped murder last year, and when the police were sent in to beat up peaceful protesters -- including journalists -- that wasn't the most dangerous censorship.
A lot of censorship goes on, and has gone on. As far as I can tell, this one rises to the level of "most dangerous censorship" because he thinks it's the one that's happening to him. I hear not a peep about any of the others.
We used to have a policy literally called "Don't Tell" in the US. People who "told" (or were outed) were fired... assuming they weren't killed for it, by somebody who would claim that they "panicked" (a defense still legal in 38 states[1]). That wasn't the most dangerous censorship.
Women are commonly told that if they wear the wrong thing, then they deserve to be raped. Clothes are a form of self-expression -- but shutting that up isn't the most dangerous censorship.
A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist was denied tenure because one donor didn't like what she said. But that's not the most dangerous censorship.
We all watched a videotaped murder last year, and when the police were sent in to beat up peaceful protesters -- including journalists -- that wasn't the most dangerous censorship.
A lot of censorship goes on, and has gone on. As far as I can tell, this one rises to the level of "most dangerous censorship" because he thinks it's the one that's happening to him. I hear not a peep about any of the others.
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/virginia-becomes-12t...