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Xavier Moss's avatar

There's a separate but related phenomenon where news stories about people being punished for transgressing these norms absolutely refuse to publish any detail about what the person is accused of, as though merely mentioning them somehow means you approve of them. Everyone was always 'using a slur' or 'engaged in sexual misconduct' or 'spreading misinformation.' With a murder or theft you hear what happened, but here it's impossible to find out what the person actually did.

Conveniently, this means you can't form your own judgement about whether the person deserved it, you're just being informed that someone has been cast out. I'm not sure any of the Joe Rogan stories actually told me what was said on his podcast and who said it – was it an ivermectin thing? It's incredibly frustrating.

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Klaus's avatar

Tonight on Twitter - "Eugenics-supporting blogger cites TERF to support racism"

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