"the chilling effect. " "point where people are afraid to speak their minds in fear of retaliation that’s a very bad sign." I have been saying this for a while now. I took notice of how newbies and others react when the chilling effect descends upon this space. It happened to me also. Getting into wars with those boys who consider themselves to be "Gods" is why I have emotionally de-vested myself. All whales who flag a post because the content is not desirable should be put into Whale Jail for a day. They are ruining this platform for sure and creating a hostile, anti-freedom, anti-free thought atmosphere that will continue to wither away. We all need to pay the utmost attention to newbies because they have the answers. So, let's put all our gold rings away and grow some ears. Mouths need to be locked up too. Real listening needs to start now.