Closet conservatives (and other moral minorities) across the Valley are now virtually guaranteed to shut their closet doors even tighter.<p>Post election, I recall my timelines erupt with emotion -- outrage, despair, betrayal -- then subdue to reflection. Some called for the need to truly reach out to those across the aisle and to listen and understand, earnestly lending an ear even to views that we strongly oppose.<p>Recent events will be a step back in such relations, as dissent has been dismissed demonstrably without such considerations.<p>When the people we must understand in order to reach bipartisanship go into hiding for fear of being outed, broadening our perspective becomes difficult.