6 ms·

Did you miss all the Stallman threads we just had? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806 https://news.yc

by meruru 7y ago

Did you miss all the Stallman threads we just had? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21120806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21088690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21088690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20990583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20990583

duxup 7y ago
Are MIT's or FSF's decisions "deplatforming"?
- meruru 7y ago
  Maybe not technically, but that's irrelevant. It's part of the phenomenon being discussed.
  - duxup 7y ago
    I thought deplatforming was the phenomenon.
    - meruru 7y ago
      Political groups forcibly silencing opposing views is.
      - duxup 7y ago
        "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.
- colordrops 7y ago
  He was more "canceled" than "deplatformed". They call it "cancel culture" now.
ebg13 7y ago
I saw them. What do they have to do with deplatforming?