@alpheus@octodon.social
The largest problem with text-based social media is the loss of inflection and color commentary.

As we are having a political discussion, I purposefully use the term "minority" in that context, as in "Minority Leader", such as Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Charles Schumer.

Unlike the current Majority/Minority political balance of the US Senate at 51 / 47, the Majority/Minority balance in academia is around 95% / 5%. As you know, in statistics, that means the 5% is not significant to two levels of standard deviation. The imbalance is a bit more than arithmetic.

Political Ideology is not popular opinion, it is reasoned philosophy. I don't claim status as a member of oppressed social minority, however, the automatic epithets of liar, racist, homophobe, and misogynist correlate strongly with those used by a majority to bully and suppress any minority.

Thanks for your thoughtful reply and I hope this is helpful.