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Re:The China Cultural Clash by LocalH on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:21PM (#21196757)
There is no effective difference between private and public deplatforming. Freedom of expression is harmed by both.
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Re:The China Cultural Clash by plandis on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:29PM (#21196874)
Perhaps but the harm is vastly different in scale.

Private banning of speech doesn’t prevent the individual from stating those claims elsewhere. Government mandated banning of speech does prevent that speech from being used elsewhere.

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Re:The China Cultural Clash by whateveracct on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:35PM (#21196945)
Not exactly.

If I don't want someone to speak at my event and ban them, that's not the end of the world. There are probably others who would allow them to speak.

If the government bans someone from speaking, there is no recourse.

This is the state of the world in the USA and one of our cornerstone negative freedoms.

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