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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by duxup on Thursday October 03, 2019 @12:16AM (#21143645)
Are MIT's or FSF's decisions "deplatforming"?
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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by colordrops on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:02AM (#21144160)
He was more "canceled" than "deplatformed". They call it "cancel culture" now.
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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by meruru on Thursday October 03, 2019 @12:19AM (#21143664)
Maybe not technically, but that's irrelevant. It's part of the phenomenon being discussed.
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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by duxup on Thursday October 03, 2019 @12:30AM (#21143722)
I thought deplatforming was the phenomenon.
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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by meruru on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:18AM (#21143963)
Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is.
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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by duxup on Thursday October 03, 2019 @08:52AM (#21146373)
"Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is."

That seems like a very vague concept. I'm not sure what couldn't be placed under that umbrella.

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