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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by pessimizer on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:38AM (#33056855)
> I can raise you book burnings and gulags and death camps galore.

Yes, the famous events that come from letting everyone speak: book burnings and death camps. If we could just burn enough books, we could keep books from being burned forever. If we silence enough people, we can keep people from being silenced.

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Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui... by pessimizer on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:40PM (#33058887)
Elaborate on your examples of how the powerful allowing the weak to speak leads to book burnings and death camps, and I'll give you something more detailed than a clear, concise response.
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