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by gjm11 4515 days ago
It's not quite clear whether you cite the Roko basilisk incident as (1) an instance of a "purge of fallacies" or (2) something generally cultish.

It probably does count as #2, but not #1. Roko's basilisk wasn't purged on account of being a fallacy.

(For the avoidance of doubt, I am not defending the purging, which I think was a really stupid move.)