If people are going to censor em-dashes—something that’s objectively unharmful—then online spaces really do have a problem with freedom of expression.

An em-dash may seem inconsequential.

But its perceived inconsequence is precisely why it should be defended.

If the humble em-dash can’t be defended, what will happen when more consequential freedom of expression needs defending?
@atomicpoet I’ll stand for the correct apostrophe ’