So, before a non-leftist can be published in MSM, they will now review everything he/she has ever written or said to see if that *person* is worth ‘platforming.’ This is passing stupid. /1

First, it forces us to score *people* and not just an idea (as if we’re in any position to sum up each other’s entire work/worth). Second, it discourages ever expressing an opinion that would deviate from your ideological tribe (risking estrangement from both camps) /2

Third, it fortifies the walls around ideological camps — so readers can never come across opinions they don’t already hold. Fourth, it encourages the childish and impossible standard that there are the ‘pristine,’ who never express things they might regret, and the cancelled. /3

This is all so desperately anti-intellectual, so anti-human and anti-comity. Can we please not allow overgrown children to lead us into thoughtless illiberalism? /4