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Re:Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings by BitwiseFool on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:32PM (#32112470)
>"You are free to assemble with whoever you please." >"You are also free to un-assemble, and nobody can force you to assemble if you don't want to."

We are mostly free to assemble or un-assemble. The government absolutely can "force you to assemble if you don't want to", and that underpins many civil rights and anti-discrimination laws.

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Re:Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings by morelisp on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:38PM (#32112544)
There's no reason to believe we need to make "conspiratorial shitposter" a protected class. They seem to be doing fine.
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