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Re:Willingness to look stupid by ccn0p on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:00AM (#28944504)
one example: vaccines are the status quo, I presume you agree on that. Most platforms are removing content that cause "vaccine hesitancy". YouTube has even expanded their this to apply to all vaccines [1]. Furthermore, it seems relevant to point out that dictionaries have updated their definitions of "anti-vaxxer" to include anyone questioning even the government mandates themselves [2], which has opened the door to many cases where people have supported the vaccine, but opposed the mandates, yet still been deplatformed labeled as anti-vaxxer.

[1] https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/managing-harmful-vaccin...

[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer

Re:Willingness to look stupid by mikeyjk on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:07AM (#28945527)
It must only be pretty extreme cases as Russel Brand and Brett Weinstein still have their videos up.
Re:Willingness to look stupid by jefftk on Thursday October 21, 2021 @08:18PM (#28952440)
> dictionaries have updated their definitions of "anti-vaxxer" to include anyone questioning even the government mandates themselves

Merriam Webster has used that definition since they added the term to their dictionary in 2018: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/17/viral-imag...

Re:Willingness to look stupid by dd36 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:17AM (#28945667)
So I won’t find anyone complaining about vaccine mandates on social media anymore?