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Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by cubano on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:07PM (#25597737)
I really like this comment because your calling this exactly what it is...fascism.

Cancel culture should be perhaps be renamed cancer culture, because history has shown that these things never end well.

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Re:Open letter from computer scientists to ACM opposing canc... by pjc50 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:50PM (#25598103)
I think you've misread it, given that he's literally supporting the banning of certain political views by law!

(I happen to agree with the bans on Nazi symbology, but that has actual force of law and far more consequences than merely complaints on twitter)

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