You’re reading too much into my response. I didn’t claim that Anna should have this extra onus. I made an incorrect inference, was confused, asked for clarification, was still confused by the first response (honestly I’m still confused by that response), understood after the second response, and then explained what I would have said if I were in her place when she asked about norms.
(Yes, I do in fact think that the specific thing said had negative consequences. Yes, this belief shows in my comments. But I didn’t say that Anna was wrong/bad for saying the specific thing, nor did I say that she “should” have done something else. Assuming for the moment that the specific statement did have negative consequences, what should I have done instead?)
(On the actual question, I mostly agree that we probably have too many demands on public communication, such that much less public communication happens than would be good.)
I just think people here are smart and independent enough to not be ‘coerced’ by Anna if she doesn’t open the conversation with a bunch of ‘you might suffer reprisals’ warnings
I also would have been fine with “I hope people share additional true, relevant facts”. The specific phrasing seemed bad because it seemed to me to imply that the fear of reprisal was wrong. See also here.
You’re reading too much into my response. I didn’t claim that Anna should have this extra onus. I made an incorrect inference, was confused, asked for clarification, was still confused by the first response (honestly I’m still confused by that response), understood after the second response, and then explained what I would have said if I were in her place when she asked about norms.
(Yes, I do in fact think that the specific thing said had negative consequences. Yes, this belief shows in my comments. But I didn’t say that Anna was wrong/bad for saying the specific thing, nor did I say that she “should” have done something else. Assuming for the moment that the specific statement did have negative consequences, what should I have done instead?)
(On the actual question, I mostly agree that we probably have too many demands on public communication, such that much less public communication happens than would be good.)
I also would have been fine with “I hope people share additional true, relevant facts”. The specific phrasing seemed bad because it seemed to me to imply that the fear of reprisal was wrong. See also here.
OK, thanks for the correction! :]