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Re:Verizon suspends advertising on Facebook, joins growing b... by nbardy on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:00PM (#23647646)
Small correction, It's not any view deemed acceptable. It's any view not deemed properly righteous. For any not displaying the correct righteousness will be deemed to have not just the views they expose, must also be hiding views deemed reprehensible.
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Re:Verizon suspends advertising on Facebook, joins growing b... by mmm_grayons on Thursday June 25, 2020 @11:38PM (#23648438)
Someone on a separate thread pointed out this is known as Havel's Greengrocer: the owner of a market feels obligated to display communist propaganda lest he be suspected of disloyalty to the party [0]. This is very similar to all the businesses suddenly issuing letters of support for Black Lives Matter, lest they be suspected of being racist.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Powerless#Hav...

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