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a1369209993 on June 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Most Dangerous Censorship

> Perhaps you can name some people who fell victim to "cancel culture" who weren't utterly despicable people.

Off the top of my head: Scott Aaronson, Scott Alexander, Richard Stallman, Eric S Raymond. I could list more if I could be bothered to research it.

michaelmrose on June 23, 2021 [–]

Thank you those are some reasonable examples. So in your opinion how do we separate the notion of pulling down legitimate bad apple's and trying to punish thought crime.

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