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by skipwalker 1920 days ago
Are you kidding? CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle. Portland occupation. The various summer 2020 riots. Numerous conservative speakers over the years being blocked from speaking on college campuses...
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The answer you'll almost certainly get in rebuttal is, oh, that's not extremism. And that brings us back to this cental question of who decides. I feel like a large percentage of people with strong opinions about censorship in this long posting/thread have a very limited historical memory / education. They want to mash on the Ban button without really understanding the implications for all of us who are not extremists.