Re: The mess we're in is due to decades of elite groupthink reflected by the Guardian & its ilk Archived Message
Posted by Margo on August 18, 2022, 9:58 am, in reply to "Re: The mess we're in is due to decades of elite groupthink reflected by the Guardian & its ilk"
Reading your list, Shyaku, I recall eventually deciding not to post anything about Covid on this board because of a seeming lack of interest in the southern African experience of the devastating lockdowns and/or peer ‘policing’ around which comments were acceptable. As I recall, a number of questioners were clapped off the board during that period. This included a rational poster “willem” - one of the few who engaged with me - who was drummed off for holding different opinions. Perhaps I was mistaken, but I got the feeling during 2020-2021 that one should self-censor, possibly out of ill-formed fear of upsetting the medical owner of the board? Certainly, I censored myself and withdrew
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