[meruru]

Did you miss all the Stallman threads we just had?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21088690

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20990583

[duxup]

Are MIT's or FSF's decisions "deplatforming"?

[colordrops]

He was more "canceled" than "deplatformed". They call it "cancel culture" now.

[meruru]

Maybe not technically, but that's irrelevant. It's part of the phenomenon being discussed.

[duxup]

I thought deplatforming was the phenomenon.

[meruru]

Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is.

[duxup]

"Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is."

That seems like a very vague concept. I'm not sure what couldn't be placed under that umbrella.

[ebg13]

I saw them. What do they have to do with deplatforming?