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Re:Orthodox Privilege by gosukiwi on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:15PM (#23849304)
I understand and share your POV, but it's also really easy to abuse.

If you think consequences for saying what you think are okay, it's no different than defending dictatorial goverments, where you just "dissapear" if you say something agains it. Or Galileo being forced to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun.

So where do you draw the line?

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Re:Orthodox Privilege by luckylion on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#23850033)
> > So where do you draw the line?

> On a case-by-case basis.

Let me guess: "at being wrong"?

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Re:Orthodox Privilege by dilandau on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:40PM (#23849702)
But you just wrote:

>And completely missing the boat on "right to free speech" != "right to no consequences".

Calling for the de-platforming, destruction of reputation, and career is a form of oppression.

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Re:Orthodox Privilege by dpoochieni on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:54PM (#23849917)
It's a slippery slope from deplatforming someone to oppression. Might be good for you to read some history on it.
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