She made false equivalences—for instance, that “ban white men” was just as dangerous as saying that America should ban Muslims or black people. Attempts to bring power disparities and other context into the conversation were met with retorts about people just needing to be nicer to one another. In another instance, standing in a breakfast buffet line, a middle-aged writer told me that I needed to be very careful with my book lest it hurt women (white ones, presumably).
