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Re:Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very ... by JaimeThompson on Friday April 22, 2022 @05:15PM (#31128243)
In the United States the fundamentalists have been doing it for much longer then that as well as people such as the members of the Parents Music Resource Center who controlled a considerable amount of political power.

This idea that it is a recent invention isn't really supported by the reality on the ground. Things like the satanic panic, Dungeons & Dragons / Metal being satanic, Rock being evil, and a host of other things have long been used to remove "undesirable" people for a long time before 2014 on both the local and national level.

The extremes have always used shunning and economic warfare tactics to shut up those who disagree with them.

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Re:Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very ... by rayiner on Friday April 22, 2022 @11:38PM (#31131145)
The majority imposing language norms on the minority is fundamentally different than a minority using their influence over media, corporations and institutions to impose language norms on the majority.
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Re:Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very ... by flippinburgers on Friday April 22, 2022 @06:05PM (#31128804)
Uhhh ok yeah all those people who lost jobs and couldn't find employment because they listened to rock music/played DnD. Sure.

The DnD panic was about kids. It was about kids. I find it absurd to go after DnD like that but I don't recall ever reading about people being shunned, losing there jobs etc as happens these days.

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Re:Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very ... by JaimeThompson on Friday April 22, 2022 @08:42PM (#31130114)
Having lived it yes people got shunned and people got fired for it. Same thing for daring to say that LGBTQ deserved equal rights or to use the term from that time gay people. Much the same happened to some who said that black people deserved equal rights.

People have, for many many centuries use various shunning tactics to enforce their will upon others.

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