Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science

Re:Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science by YouthfulMarxism on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @12:09AM (#27272505)

Interesting fact about Mrs. Elbakyan is that she was Putin and Crimea annexy supporter. Which she was aggressively bullied for in russian academia (which is majorly liberal) during 2017. She closed SciHub access from Russia whichafeter saying: "Boil in your shit by yourself".

She had a honor of a parasitic insect being called by her name not much longer after. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiogramma_elbakyanae

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Re:Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science by wearywanderer on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:07AM (#27273791)

It has long been my understanding that she is a Stalinist, an ideology I consider truly abhorrent. But you know what? I don't give a shit. Actions speak louder than words and I like what she does. If I like what she's doing, then why should I give a shit that she believes things I think are beyond dumb?

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Re:Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science by YouthfulMarxism on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:22AM (#27273882)

Are you saying that crowd judgement and cancel culture is wrong? What if she was racist or worst of all crimes Trump supporter?

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Re:Activists mobilize to fight censorship and save open science by sudosysgen on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @12:33AM (#27272621)

This is going to be interesting for people who are against cancel culture and for cancel culture. Should Elbakyan be cancelled?

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