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nsajko
on June 30, 2019
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Open Letter to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of T...
Imagine if a bunch of people on a public forum (with posts upvoted to a high place) called you a harasser. Would it still not be lynching?
geofft
on June 30, 2019
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It would still not be lynching, no. For example, I would be alive.
What use is free speech if I only grant it to people who agree with me?
nsajko
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It is not literal lynching (as in throwing stones at a person), but I am not the first to use the word in that manner. Substitute lynching for character assassination, if you will.
cf498
on July 1, 2019
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There is a difference between free speech and character assassination, even in the US.
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