From what I saw on Twitter, the part that I found the most worrying was not that Majira had done something "wrong" or even that he was accused of having the "wrong" views but that he was going to talk to the "wrong" people. It's not enough to be a good person but now one must also only engage with the right people. It's tiresome to talk about polarisation ad nauseum but it seems like there is less and less opportunity for any difference of opinion. Deviations from the party line must be punished.
I don't think this had anything to do with a fear of the media but a pathological aversion to any sort of engagement with people who hold different beliefs.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
From what I saw on Twitter, the part that I found the most worrying was not that Majira had done something "wrong" or even that he was accused of having the "wrong" views but that he was going to talk to the "wrong" people. It's not enough to be a good person but now one must also only engage with the right people. It's tiresome to talk about polarisation ad nauseum but it seems like there is less and less opportunity for any difference of opinion. Deviations from the party line must be punished.
I don't think this had anything to do with a fear of the media but a pathological aversion to any sort of engagement with people who hold different beliefs.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~