Posted by twinleaf on December 12, 2009, at 17:05:34
In reply to Re: Babble Almost Gone, posted by Nadezda on December 12, 2009, at 11:53:53
I have been blocked for, I think, 37 weeks in 2009. The first time, I felt that it was justified, as I agreed that I had been uncivil. The next three times, I was either protesting extremely long blocks of other posters or protesting the automatic forwarding of our posts to Twitter and Facebook. I was very careful to be civil and courteous, but I was expressing views which were different from those held by administration. I feel certain that what was threatening about me was that my views and principles were different; it is apparently easy enough to silence people like me by claiming that my statements "might make some *third party* feel put down". I didn't receive warnings about these blocks, and, most of the time, had no idea who it was that I might have been making feel put down- or why.
So, to answer your very valid question, for me, although not necessarily for others, to remain silent means that I remain a victim of hurtful actions taken by the administration towards me on this forum. To speak up in protest means, for me, to liberate myself.
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