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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I know it’s a trope of yours to suggest, when you have no argument in the merits, that free speech advocates simply want to “own the libs.” Stop. It’s weak and transparent.

I think Weiss is conventional because she is. She writes on dull topics and seems obsessed with anti-Semitism. It’s not riveting stuff. She’s only interesting when she talks about free speech issues, and even there it’s only compelling because it’s rare for a centrist to put herself at risk.

You call yourself a "free speech advocate" but there is a pattern to the "free speech" for which you advocate. Some threats to "free speech" arouse your convictions, and others do not seem to interest you particularly.

Meanwhile, Bari Weiss has no more been "put at risk" than she has been "silenced." Not sure why it is so important to you to pretend she is a victim.