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If you take the most uncharitable interpretation of the most extreme position, then of course the backlash looks justified. But have you tried actually understanding the "other side"?

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The point is that the extreme positions are the ones typically resulting in backlash. Nobody is being canceled because they speak out against the capital gains tax. "Oh, you know the ones"[1]

1: https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...

Ah, yes, like the extreme position of being against affirmative action: https://www.thefire.org/news/ilya-shapiro-resigns-georgetown...

Here are a few examples of non-extreme/factual positions resulting in backlash: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33800802

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