Chris Murphy descibes the precipice upon which US democracy stands:

[W]hen you start to put a couple of the regime’s political opponents in jail, there are literally just thousands of people who say, You know what, forget it. It’s just not worth it. I think this is important, to oppose Donald Trump, but I got a family at home. I just don’t want to put my name in the mix. And all of a sudden, the bodies that are available for the political opposition are cut in half. […] So even if it’s just Liz Cheney—and it may not be just Liz Cheney—the chilling effect that it has on speech could be fatal.

@jarrod Scaring. 😱

And no other interaction. Does it start right know, after reading this?

@thosch Sorry? I didn’t follow your question.

@jarrod

In the article, a chilling effect on critical reporting is not only considered possible but is seen as already having occurred.

My response was the first one after 5 hours. Therefore, I wondered – not entirely seriously – if the lack of reactions had something to do with this.