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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
You forget number #7, where they reverse their decision. By doing that, apparently it is okay to call someone as being a racist based on simply liking certain posts on social media.
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That doesn't mean they say it's OK, it just means they say that they aren't sure it's enough to warrant suspension from RWA. (As far as I know, the board haven't been very clear on whether the lifetime ban from leadership in RWA has also been withdrawn.)
I think organizations should be
extremely reluctant to ban members for using their freedom of speech. And in cases like this, where the public record can be edited after the fact, they should be even more careful. (Grimshaw has deleted several hundred likes, so we can't go back and check for ourselves how fair or unfair the accusations of racism were.)
It seems you are in favour of more restrictions. What kind of statements do you think warrant exclusion from trade organizations?
To take one example: If you think Milan deserves suspension and lifetime ban from leadership because she has accused Grimshaw and Davis of racist statements, should Tisdale also face the same penalties after
accusing Milan of being predudiced against people of a specific skin color, and comparing her to neo-nazis?