Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report...
by chrismcb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:30PM
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A lot of them were silenced. A lot of scientists were also afraid to speak out against the status quo.
If you disagreed with the government you are called anti science (despite the policies having nothing to do with science) it belittled for wanting to kill grandma. Shoot people are still saying that.
Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report...
by afavour on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:59AM
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I see this perspective a lot and it baffles me. If you say something and in return are called "anti-science" you are not being "silenced". You are hearing the reaction to the words that you spoke. We're well on the path towards "censorship" being a word that means absolutely nothing.
Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report...
by gjsman-1000 on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:31AM
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Yes, you are being silenced, because what does "anti-science" imply?
Science is a process about learning from the world. These people (who are scientists themselves!) have disagreements about how scientists are doing science, and they are called "anti-scientific" as a result of disagreeing with their interpretation of science.
That's a direct "censor this guy" threat.
That’s just flat out untrue, though. These views were widely aired at the time. It’s revisionist history to say they were censored. The government made a choice they didn’t agree with but that doesn’t mean they were silenced.