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Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by a1369209993 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:29AM (#27601795)
> Perhaps you can name some people who fell victim to "cancel culture" who weren't utterly despicable people.

Off the top of my head: Scott Aaronson, Scott Alexander, Richard Stallman, Eric S Raymond. I could list more if I could be bothered to research it.

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Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by michaelmrose on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:45PM (#27608405)
Thank you those are some reasonable examples. So in your opinion how do we separate the notion of pulling down legitimate bad apple's and trying to punish thought crime.
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