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Have you been banned/excluded/removed/blocked from a group (irl or online) due to political/social views that were *not* part of the original purpose of the group? e.g., in a community about abstract art, you are removed for a political opinion

Yes, by leftist people
26.4%
Yes, by rightwing people
5.4%
Yes, by left and right
4.1%
No
64.1%

2,186 votesFinal results

8:53 PM · Nov 1, 2020

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What do Libertarians have to do to get in on these poll options

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petition twitter for more poll options

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Banned from a music forum for "racism" after stating BLM had some racist elements to it, and advocating free speech as a response.

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I voted no - but I have been made to feel unwelcome because I was conservative. Not a big deal - but it happens. I try to be nice to everyone. I figure it is their loss if they don't want to know me because of my political beliefs. 😉

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@QiaochuYuan

Nov 1, 2020

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nobody knows my political opinions and i'm gonna keep it that way

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I walk a fine line in order to not let this happen. It's incredibly disappointing this. I walk left wing circles so I don't know if I'd be cancelled by right wing.

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This one is gonna be super skewed by the fact your followers are mostly rightwing.

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Lol the results seem to suggest an obvious conclusion - cancel culture is not something that impacts normal people. It is largely a preoccupation of the elite and average people really are not impacted by it in any meaningful way whatsoever.

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Hasn't happened because I try to keep politics separate from unrelated things. The reason is partly that I do think it'd get me booted off some groups, and partly because it would undermine the original goal of whatever group we're talking about.