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Originally Posted by whiteathame
Breakage--- re: "I was asked to leave majorwager because of my political views,
I was banned fr LVA for my political views"
My take is that Breakage was dismissed/banned less for his political views than for his personal attacks. Attacking an avatar or others holding that avatar's beliefs is the social equivalent of a personal attack.
There is a difference between calling someone/some group "fascist pigs" or "liberal scumbags" and attacking their statements or ideology as fascist or liberal.
There's plenty of room here` for conservative or liberal points of view and much opportunity to attack other points of view but much less room to attack avatars/classes of individuals. Personal attacks on avatars are like personal ATTACKS ON PEOPLE... WITHOUT THE LEGAL LIABILITY.
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IMO, I good example of whether fascism exists is when people are afraid of expressing their opinions for fear of retribution from the group and character aspersions by others meant to rev up the "group" in order to silence the dissenter. This mindset is fascism. Now, I wonder, how many posters at TC do not post their opinions for fear of retribution, personal attacks by a like-minded but dominant group. I would bet a lot. Too bad. This, to me, is fascism -- it exists here in all its "glory".