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Should WP be taken over by its members to ensure free speech?
yes 50%  50%  [ 3 ]
no 33%  33%  [ 2 ]
Too scared to answer in case I get banned 17%  17%  [ 1 ]
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28 Oct 2010, 6:31 am

The largest online autism forum seems to be being controlled by Autism Speaks.


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28 Oct 2010, 6:37 am

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28 Oct 2010, 7:14 am

Dude, have you looked around the board? There are plenty of people bashing Autism Speaks and they aren't getting banned. Take off the tinfoil hat.


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28 Oct 2010, 7:16 am

Delirium wrote:
Dude, have you looked around the board? There are plenty of people bashing Autism Speaks and they aren't getting banned. Take off the tinfoil hat.


If it's just paranoia then how come someone who worked at Autism Speaks was able to get Wrong Planet to take down a post they didn't like?



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28 Oct 2010, 7:19 am

Delirium wrote:
Dude, have you looked around the board? There are plenty of people bashing Autism Speaks and they aren't getting banned. Take off the tinfoil hat.


No, not getting banned, just having their posts deleted.

But, that doesn't answer the question. Should WP become a community owned by its members?



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28 Oct 2010, 8:06 am

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Should WP be taken over by its members to ensure free speech?

No such action is even possible -- that question is completely ridiculous.

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The largest online autism forum seems to be being controlled by Autism Speaks.

That perception is understandable, but absolutely nobody can "control" those of us who post here.


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28 Oct 2010, 8:08 am

WP does not belong to the people that post here. If it compromises its integrity then those that care about that will go elsewhere.

It does beg the question "If there were a truly free and open autism forum, would posts praising Autism Speaks be allowed?"

Freedom of speech cuts both ways.



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28 Oct 2010, 8:11 am

wavefreak58 wrote:
"If there were a truly free and open autism forum, would posts praising Autism Speaks be allowed?"


One word: yes.

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28 Oct 2010, 8:14 am

TheNewRepublic wrote:
Delirium wrote:
Dude, have you looked around the board? There are plenty of people bashing Autism Speaks and they aren't getting banned. Take off the tinfoil hat.


No, not getting banned, just having their posts deleted.

But, that doesn't answer the question. Should WP become a community owned by its members?


Uh, yeah. Let's have an Internet mutiny because you don't like the way someone operates a website which THEY OWN. :roll: Read the WP Rules - they're a sticky for a reason - and you'll find that: a) troll posts are prohibited; b) trashing other sites is prohibited, and; c) WP reserves the right to remove any posts which WP deems to be inappropriate. There is nothing there indicating that you had free speech on WP to begin with, so what makes you think it's being taken away?

I don't know what's got you so butthurt, but, FFS, get over it.

Countdown to this troll thread getting deleted: 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .