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Re:Why are hyperlinks blue? by dotancohen on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:33PM (#28317904)
I never said he was fired. I said that he was cancelled. That is a term used for pressuring someone out of a community.
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Re:Why are hyperlinks blue? by charonn0 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:28PM (#28319442)
Cancelation is something that happens to checks, waves, or events, but not people or groups of people. You probably mean "ostracize", "shun", "repudiate", "boycott", etc.
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Re:Why are hyperlinks blue? by DonHopkins on Thursday August 26, 2021 @06:08PM (#28321602)
What is the term for legally pressuring thousands of people out of their marriages by changing the law to make them illegal, null, and void?
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