acargitz@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoChilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and schoolwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down121cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1230arrow-down1external-linkChilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and schoolwww.cbc.caacargitz@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down9·edit-29 months agoPeople got censured for saying “killing Palestinians is bad” while not mentioning Jews once, simply because they didn’t condemn Hamas.
minus-squareRaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·9 months agoOh for sure companies are going overboard. I just think it’s way too contentious an issue for companies to go all in on one side vs the other.
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·9 months agoExactly. Either allow everything or censure everything. Right now, it seems that companies are okay with genociding a people and silencing those who oppose said genocide.
People got censured for saying “killing Palestinians is bad” while not mentioning Jews once, simply because they didn’t condemn Hamas.
Oh for sure companies are going overboard. I just think it’s way too contentious an issue for companies to go all in on one side vs the other.
Exactly. Either allow everything or censure everything.
Right now, it seems that companies are okay with genociding a people and silencing those who oppose said genocide.
source?