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   Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 05:41:36 JST Flick ??

   https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-censorship-that-led-to-the-hounding-of-kathleen-stock/

   But where were these defenders of free speech when less appetising people were being banned or harassed on campus? Everyone from hard-right types to perfectly normal people who support the state of Israel to critics of Islamist theocracy have been no-platformed in recent years. And, often, there’s just been shoe staring from supposed liberals.

   To defend liberty, it is not enough to challenge instances of censorship – we must confront the entire logic of censorship. We must reject the idea that it is ever acceptable to crush speech in the name of protecting feelings. It was the elite’s failures on that front that paved the way for the demonisation of Stock as a moral transgressor whose hurtful views should be silenced.