I think the anti-religious bias in a lot of technology and leftist spaces is a real problem, and I absolutely take your point on that.
> I've seen articles written to the effect of "if you are against rent control, you must hate the hard working people who benefit from it."
I have too. But I have hardly met anyone who will really be offended at me expressing that rent control can backfire (and I have, among extremely left-wing people). I think the people who are trying to make that a wedge issue are themselves extremists. They exist, but they don't represent a big enough group of people to matter most of the time.
> I've seen articles written to the effect of "if you are against rent control, you must hate the hard working people who benefit from it."
I have too. But I have hardly met anyone who will really be offended at me expressing that rent control can backfire (and I have, among extremely left-wing people). I think the people who are trying to make that a wedge issue are themselves extremists. They exist, but they don't represent a big enough group of people to matter most of the time.