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Re:A Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target over His Tweets by dgellow on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:55PM (#23851656)
If a group of bully comes to you and tell you that you can for sure express yourself, but “there will be consequences” wink wink, I would argue that you’re not actually free to express yourself. It’s creating an environment of fear were people either self censor themselves or are subjected to a punishment by the mob.
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Re:A Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target over His Tweets by pmiller2 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#23852192)
When in history has anyone ever been free from the consequences of expressing themselves? Are you proposing that people such as neo-nazis should be allowed to just spread as much hate as they want as openly as they want?
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Re:A Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target over His Tweets by dgellow on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:14AM (#23856595)
No, that's not what I suggest. Nobody other than you is talking about nazis here.
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Re:A Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target over His Tweets by pmiller2 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:01PM (#23861777)
Fair. But, then, what are you talking about? What do you propose should be done?
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