Where does the slogan “no debate” come from? Does anyone know when it was first used and how it caught on? And is it completely unprecedented for a new social movement to demand acquiescence without argument, or has anyone tried this before?
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Replying to @ProfAliceS
I remember it on campus from late 70s early 80s & associate it with the Anti-Nazi League / SWP. Usually in connection with keeping campus clear of National Front & other boot-boy types.
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I see no-platforming groups who are actually violent (as opposed to ‘literally violent’) as quite different though.
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In the United States, Ed Wilson got into a bit of trouble because of Sociobiology. There was certainly pressure to deplatform - not sure it ever quite happened (the story of a pitcher of water being thrown over him is apparently exaggerated).
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The American Anthropological Association also has a fairly dubious history with regards to this sort of thing (again probably doesn't quite reach the bar of deplatforming). So the reaction to Derek Freeman's Mead book; & the Chagnon & Neel affair.
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