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Showerthought: I used to think reporting posts for 'hate speech' was always the right move, but a mod in a history group muted me for flagging a quote from a 1912 newspaper.
That quote, which was just a primary source about labor strikes, made me see how 'safety' rules can erase real history and stop people from learning.
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ray_coleman416mo ago
That 1912 paper quote is just a fact, not an opinion.
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wood.john6mo ago
My buddy got into a huge fight about some old science quote last week. He kept saying it was just a fact, like you're saying @ray_coleman41, but his friend took it as a personal attack. They spent an hour going in circles over the exact same words.
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ryan7195mo ago
Best thing to do is screenshot the original source with the date showing, then message the mods privately and ask them to read it in context. Usually saves a lot of back and forth if you just show where it came from.
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