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What sort of things do you fear being bullied for saying? I can honestly say I'm not afraid of being "cancelled" for going against some sort of group think. So I'm curious what kinds of things that people that hold your opinion are afraid of being punished for saying, could you give some examples?

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Considering the topic at hand, this comes across as flame-baiting.

Use your imagination.

Yeah there's a wide range of currently contentious topics - pick either one of them.

It really is about whether people can tolerate hearing things - or even knowing they speak about them - that they don't agree with, without turning into (in the worst cases) a savage frenzy of bullies. The ability to discern nuance seems to be getting lost.

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