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14 connected korrents · 15 moments from 12 Oct 2012 to 18 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about censorship.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under America America Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under language learning language learning Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Canceling someone for their speech is often a losing strategy Canceling someone for their speech isoften a losing strategy Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The cancel-culture argument now mostly shields the powerful from criticism rather than protecting the powerless from being silenced. — tap to centre the map on it The cancel-culture argument nowmostly shields the powerful fromcriticism rather than protecting thepowerless from being silenced. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Nov 2023 KW Ken White — holds since 2023-11-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free speech must be defended even for repugnant views — tap to centre the map on it Free speech must be defended evenfor repugnant views Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The one political value worth fighting for is opposing thought control: removing someone for saying the wrong thing is never the right outcome, whichever side does it. — tap to centre the map on it The one political value worthfighting for is opposing thoughtcontrol: removing someone for sayingthe wrong thing is never the rightoutcome, whichever side does it. Last stated 11 months ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside. — tap to centre the map on it He would rather lose everything thanyield to government pressure toblock channels, because submittingto something fundamentally wrongbreaks a person inside. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose. — tap to centre the map on it Speaking badly is not a failure onthe way to speaking well; it is astage that has to be passed throughon purpose. Last stated 14 years ago by 12 Oct 2012 BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated a month ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 6 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated a month ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated a month ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A conspiracy theory can be used as apretext to dismantle governmentprograms and target researchers andcitizens. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Sept 2026 AA Anne Applebaum — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Canceling someone for their speech is often a losing strategy Last stated 28 Jan 2022 · 5 years ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →