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- The concept of heresy has re-emerged in modern employment contexts, akin to historical prohibitions.
- Heresy is structurally defined by prioritizing condemnation over truth and outweighing all other contributions.
- Labeling statements with terms like 'x-ist' ends discussions without evaluating truth, akin to heresy accusations.
- Public expression of heresy can lead to severe consequences, like job loss, regardless of past achievements.
- Heresy treats opinions like crimes, prompting punishment desires stronger than for actual offenses.
- Intolerant waves arise from conventional-minded individuals aligning under strict, arbitrary ideologies.
- A new ideology with moral purity emerged in US universities since the late 1980s, fueling intolerance.
- Avoiding specific heresies highlights universal tactics of heretic hunters and ensures relevance over time.
- The current intolerance wave comes from the left, but future ones could originate from the right.
- Freedom of expression has declined since about 1985, contrary to earlier expectations of growth.
- Pushing back against suppression of ideas is crucial, akin to developing social antibodies.
- Optimism persists due to long-term improvements in expression freedom and signs the intolerance wave is peaking.