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[chillwaves]

People are not being silenced, they are being judged. Speak your mind, but do not stop us from responding.

For one to disagree with your point of view is an affront to your liberty, but the suppression of such disagreement is not an affront to mine?

[wtbob → chillwaves]

Suppression of disagreement is exactly what I'm against.

You're free to judge, as I wrote, but you're never free to silence.

The problem of 'cry-bullies' is that they wish not just to judge, but also to silence.

[chillwaves → wtbob]

I do not have the power to silence you. I doubt anyone in this discussion outside the admins do. I'm not sure how your point is supported by evidence.

[wtbob → chillwaves]

I'm not accusing you of trying to silence folks, just noting that's the MO of so-called 'cry-bullies,' who use forum admins, school administrators and other similar mechanisms to silence speech they disagree with rather than rebut it head-on.