I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I teach Python.

Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by krapp on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:16AM (#37941237)

Referencing 1984, Brave New World and that quote about freedom of speech that Voltaire never actually said make up the holy trinity of pseudo-intellectual posturing on the internet.

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by account-5 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:36AM (#37941440)

Yeah it was Voltaire's biographer who was describing what she thought was Voltaire's thinking at the time. Still a good quote though regardless of source.

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by brookst on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:06AM (#37943109)

“1984 was dystopian, and anything I don’t like is dystopian, therefore anything I don’t like is straight out of 1984”

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