& with the evidence of harm on an unpredecented scale right in everyone's face, anyone even trying to speak up will almost always do so apologetically, carefully swaddling what should be an unmistakeable & rightful condemnation of assholery in weasel words & preemptive bowing.
- and then the speaker will bend over even further & apologize even more when faced with a just as inevitable barrage of accusations of ruining the mood, thinly veiled as questions.
🧵 4/