Reminder: you may not agree with everything @Quillette publishes. This is true even if you used to agree with us on everything; it's true even if you are/were a paying subscriber; it is true even if you and I are personal friends. This isn't cause for alarm or rage. It's normal.

@Quillette In particular, I don't respond well to emotional blackmail of the kind that runs (approximately): I like you; we're friends; therefore I expect you to make sure that every article in your publication conforms to *my* politics. Even if I had the power to do that, I wouldn't.