Even the most repressive states are careful to maintain the pretense of legitimacy. If you get censored it's because you're a foreign agent or a criminal or a sexual deviant who's menacing society. Not because you hurt the Leader's feelings. That looks weak.

I love making this case. It’s our version of the Crockett quote calling bullshit on whether anti trans stuff actually matters to people. It doesn’t. It’s more like dealing with spammers, loud unwelcome solicitations to hear their know nothing takes.