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Smearing is the new mainstream way of silencing open discussions.

You can always tell something is up when the use of certain words / phrases are used to discredit the other person, always without supporting data.

This is a form of censorship and it's growing more frequent.

History has shown us that the ones doing the censoring are always the bad guys.

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>> You can always tell something is up when the use of certain words / phrases are used to discredit the other person, always without supporting data

You mean language like "The Republican project is a matter of getting turkeys to vote for Christmas by doing a lot of culture war bullshit, cruelly abusing disfavored sexual and racial minorities. This wins support from low-information voters who'll vote against their class interests"?

I mean it's Cory Doctorow, he always says stuff like this. The linked Matt Stoller piece is much better on the details and in terms of arguments.

Apparently, to a socialist, a person can’t merely have contrary convictions; they must be stupid and deluded.

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