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Re:Blog Anonymously by zimablue on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:48PM (#23793431)
Yeah it ends when you make a statement about someone that accuses them of a crime or otherwise libels them, in the UK at least. If someone has committed a crime, we have courts. We've been doing this for centuries.
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Re:Blog Anonymously by karpierz on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:07PM (#23793686)
> Yeah it ends when you make a statement about someone that accuses them of a crime

Why should I avoid talking about something because it pertains to a criminal proceeding? If I get sexually assaulted, should I avoid reaching out to anyone for support? If a person cheated me out of money during a business transaction, should I avoid calling them out on it? If someone punches me, and the police decide not to press charges, do I avoid warning anyone?

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Re:Blog Anonymously by dragonwriter on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:18PM (#23794567)
> Purpose of cancel culture is lynching

No, it's not, and saying it is is trivializing lynching. Which, given the political alignment of the people usually arguing the loudest against cancel culture, is unsurprising.

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Re:Blog Anonymously by karpierz on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:17PM (#23794563)
Can you be more precise by what you mean by lynching?

If I retweet a message that says "X assaulted Y" and X ends up fired later, have I participated in a lynching?

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