%0 Journal Article %A Benatar, David Benatar %D 2022 %J Journal of Controversial Ideas %@ 2694-5991 %V 2 %N 2 %P 1 %T The Uphill Battle of Unpopular Ideas %M doi:10.35995/jci02020001 %U https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/2/207 %X This is an opinion piece about the struggle of controversial ideas to be heard. It is occasioned by the rejection, by a dozen publications, of another opinion piece. The rejected article appears as an appendix at the end. In what precedes it, I discuss why it is much more difficult for controversial ideas to receive a platform.