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I remember in the 80s and 90s there were campaigns to deplatform musicians from Walmart. At the time Walmart was where most music was sold so getting taken out meant lots of lost sales.

Some artists changed their work. Some released sanitized versions. Some skipped Walmart.

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I remember when you were considered left wing when you defended those artists.

It’s so weird how people have flipped. Nowadays Walmart would be lauded for “choosing who to do business with” or whatever the appropriate phrasing is for companies not doing business with people we don’t like.

whereas only right wing people are being deplatformed now and only right wing people are defending them?

I get the feeling that this country requires an external enemy solely to maintain cohesion

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