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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:08PM (#23715376)
This isn’t censorship.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by Hamuko on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:13PM (#23715451)
If the word censorship can only apply to censorship by the government, then the word "self-censorship" doesn't really exist.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:12PM (#23715432)
I think it's hard to seriously argue that blanket prohibitions on using a particular symbol aren't censorship. Maybe there are reasonable arguments for censoring the confederate flag, but it's unhelpful to pretend that's not what's happening here.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by otterley on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:11PM (#23715416)
Not Government censorship, anyway.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by daenz on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:16PM (#23715500)
That wasn't the question.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by ta17711771 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:11PM (#23715422)
It...is. It's just not illegal.
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