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[–]Feldheld 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There was no "enforcement by a group". Even the largest group hostile to you didnt have the power to delete your post or ban you from using the usenet.

If you would compare it to say, homosexuality: gays used to be almost completely cut off by society and shunned by most. By your metric would that be "freedom" or not?

Yes, that is freedom. As long as there is nobody with a special lever to enforce his will over others and everybody has equal power of choice and like / dislike there is freedom.