[iamnothere]

Despite being pseudonymous, I don’t take great pains to hide who I am. I am in my 50s and live on the West coast. I don’t have socials and I don’t post anywhere else. Have at it!

If you are semi-retired, you’re free from the threat of cancellation. As long as you aren’t posting about crimes, there’s limits to what anyone can legally do to you. (Still, it’s good to be prudent and limit sharing.)

[comrh]

Kind of short sighted only consider social cancellation. People in power change, laws get applied retroactively. History is full of people who get purged from stuff that was fine when it was written

[iamnothere]

If you’re honestly worried about purges, you need to be gathering allies and armaments, not worrying about your HN posts.

[sethammons]

People are being rejected at the US border due to saying things online that the current administration doesn't like and they are already claiming to add peaceful protesters to domestic terrorist lists.

Do you think the current and future administrations won't go further? This very comment might get me on a list.

My commenting _is_ gathering allies and armaments by voicing dissent and being one more raindrop that will hopefully add to a flood of change and improvement.

[fragmede]

You're not?

[angry_octet]

Unless you're in the nebulous situation of being Hispanic in the US, in which case you might get profiled. Or you might have family with jobs that are subject to pressure -- and right now, that seems like most jobs, because calling employers spineless is an insult to worms. Or if you'd like to travel by air, because watchlists are back, and carriers may just refuse service.

[iamnothere]

Fair enough. I am in a category that’s typically lower risk (though not zero) for profiling, so sometimes I forget that. Still, the potential risk isn’t a good reason to silence your voice if there are issues that you find important. The best defense is to avoid giving out personal details and avoid discussion on non-pseudonymous social sites.