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> The main difference is you're not getting fired or ostracized or jailed for run of the mill political views or dissidence. Jailed, no. Fired and ostracized?
by ihnorton 10y ago
> The main difference is you're not getting fired or ostracized or jailed for run of the mill political views or dissidence.
Jailed, no. Fired and ostracized? Certainly, except for narrow definitions of "views" and "dissidence" (largely calibrated by region and type of employment).
- mc32 10y agoYou're conflating government action with civil actions. Civilians do all kinds of things governments are constrained from doing --I can be ostracized by colleagues for being irreligious or contemptuous of management or being pro choice, or conversely pro life or being too PC or not being PC, etc. I'm unaware of dragnets and massive house to house searches in order to discover and punish people who went out for a brief protest against against a corrupt government office.