I wrote about the hypocrisy of the IDW free speech crowd under Trump.

I wrote about the hypocrisy of the IDW free speech crowd under Trump. https://open.substack.com/pub/leightonwoodhouse/p/hear-no-evil?r=sm4k&utm_medium=ios

Ok, having actually read the article, I have a few thoughts:

AFAIK, the IDW as a community has disbanded. Its former members seem to have some irreconcilable political views now.

I think it's good to encourage people to stand up for free speech, but when you're aiming your message at a group, it might not come thru

Wishful thinker, lives off scraps of imagination

I'm troubled by many things the current US administration is doing, but I don't tend to speak out about it, because I'm not sure who I should be targeting my message to, and to what end.

I don't want to be on any political team, but I do want to be empathetic to as many points of view as possible.

It's easy to call out a group for hypocrisy, because groups by their nature have a degree of incoherence, since they're composed of individuals with different ideas.

If you want to change behavior, it's probably better to talk to people privately and gently.