Nothing wrong with cannibalism <| sep |> I think you ' ll find we ' re not as insecure as those on the Left . Now what does that say about your perception of the ' other ' side . Here I was commenting that an echo chamber is as bad , and dangerous as another . Businesses will find a way to fire you if you are no longer an asset . This is why people are cynical about the fee market . Not because liberals love government . Their sole function is to make money . The direction and moral compass of leadership is limited in most cases by the bottom line . Rare will be the case that the owner of a business will not ditch you if you threaten the work environment and ultimately their bottom line . That goes across the political divide . I don ' t share my views either , but I ' m a pragmatist . That ' s not stifling , that ' s good business . Those that bully you , are crap people with no empathy for others . As for lost friendships , there are worst ways to go . But that ' s life , you don ' t agree on something a rift develops , and you agree to part ways . If you want to see stifling , check out the history of Stalinist Russian . Where your own friends would turn you in for shit you say . Likely landing you in a gulag . Hence the term doublespeak . You think one thing and say another .