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"Things you can't say" is interesting because the reason it's dangerous is that a mob might react badly to it. Who is to say that the specific wave washing over social media will hit some people with this orthodox privilege or not?

I think you can mine these things by looking at diverse conversations - including those you don't find online. What sentence would you be afraid might be misinterpreted?

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The best part is that an innocuous statement in 2006, can actually be a dangerous one in 2020.

Norms change. Nobody knows how but one day something is okay to talk about and the next it’s not.

Progressive statements from 2006 can today be considered dangerous.

People don’t care about context at all. But, interestingly, they’ll also gladly ignore massive taboos (from their POV) if it’s in their favor. For example because Bernie makes some good arguments for progressive causes that he was against immigration undercutting wages many years ago, is ignored today, but if someone else had that history as a politician they potentially would be brought down, if they were more moderate (in either party).

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