Safe figures claim mortal danger as political capital.
Evidence
The ostensible reason for Ibn Warraq’s anonymity is that were he to reveal his identity his life would be in danger— which is a joke, since the only people in danger in the West are those who openly criticize the criminal atrocities of American empire and European racism. Those who endorse them are, in contrast, rewarded, praised, and published. — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 429
Categorization
- XREF: Reverses the victimhood economy of the fatwa narrative around Rushdie — Dabashi’s flip of who is actually endangered in the West.