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Have you or someone you know personally been deplatformed in any way due to social or political views? Firings, being removed from positions, uninvited from public-facing things, kicked out of decisionmaking groups, etc. all count.
  • Yes, me
    10%
  • Yes, someone I know
    19.9%
  • Me *and* someone I know
    2.6%
  • No, noone
    67.4%
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Very interesting poll. I know it's pretty fresh still, but I'm surprised by how high the numbers are thus far. Also it might be inflammatory but a follow up poll of left/right leaning for those who were deplatformed would be interesting.
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Someone in my cycling group who I'd known for over 10 years, found out I'd been carrying a concealed firearm for all that time, (with a permit and a competitive sharpshooter ranking) for potential self defense. She raised a huge stink, and I've been ghosted from the group.
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I had one of my more leftist freinds explode at on of my other freinds over him saying that looting/violence isnt a valid form of protest. He then when behind this freinds back and told everyone that hes a racist who dosnt think black people deserve rights (quote not paraphrase)
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I got kick out of a Facebook group for painting military models miniatures for saying “the only good nazi is a dead nazi.” Those guys love their nazi miniatures. It is odd it is like 10 to 1 nazi model to everything else.
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Sorry, I found you today. For 80s things, I got kicked out of a BBS newsfeed for calling people abusing game bugs loophole lovers by a temp moderator. My wife of 29 years got booted from our hookup dating BBS because her brother in law's brother answered a call from them