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[–]On_WheelsWe need to secure the existence of the gay race 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

[–]RichardsonDavis 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not to be a contrarian, but just because someone perceives offense to a statement and attempts to just shut you up doesn't mean they're censor happy, right?

Like this person spoke their mind freely and someone said shut up. I don't think that constitutes a censorship issue.

[–]On_WheelsWe need to secure the existence of the gay race 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Censorship is understood as the state prohibiting certain opinions or facts from being made public, essentially forcing them to remain private. Considering that in the situation here, we don't have the state acting, nor do we have an opinion or fact being expressed but rather a question being asked. Then yeah this is likely not censorship.

I think the important takeaway from OP's post is the hierarchy of issues and privileges (remember the privilege olympics meme?). In this particular case, gender > suicide.