It&#x27;s the principle that when your speech is on-message, you&#x27;re counted in our number, whereas when your speech is off-message, you&#x27;ve been brainwashed, therefore you&#x27;re also counted in our number, but we are also going to shut you up by any means necessary. The sophistry and belligerent obtuseness is insulting.<p>This is a signature tactic of the &quot;safe space&quot; crowd, and people tend to (quite understandably) grow allergic to it.<p>Don&#x27;t take my word for it: watch a couple of videos of verbal clashes between these goons and people who don&#x27;t agree with them, and make up your own mind.