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Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Censorship is good, actually. If you don't like that fact, maybe you should commit some client-side censorship, otherwise known as the killfile.
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Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

> Marco Moock wrote:
> 
> > On 21.04.2024 um 09:45 Uhr Sn!pe wrote:
> 
> >> I find it hard to believe that genuine new users of Usenet might
> >> sincerely hold such regressive, trollish views.  If "cancel culture"
> >> takes root in Usenet one might as well be on Twitter.
> 
> > In my age group (Gen Z), such views are widespread.
> 
> I've noticed that. The acceptance that a person would want someone else to
> decide for them what they can and can not read seems so foreign to me.
> 
> Is it fear of alternative views?
> 
> What do you feel is the main reason some people want views they disagree
> with to be removed from society?

I find it remarkable that they apparently do not agree with the
sentiment "I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend 
to the death your right to say it." ascribed to Voltaire.

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