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Opinion: Our democracy is not well served by silencing dissenting opinions

A portion of Jim Crow Road will be renamed in Flowery Branch, but it is so far unclear when the road sign will be replaced. - photo by Scott Rogers

06272020 CROW 6.jpg — A portion of Jim Crow Road will be renamed in Flowery Branch, but it is so far unclear when the road sign will be replaced. - photo by Scott Rogers

The phrase itself is suggestive: we can cancel Netflix subscriptions or smartphone services, so why not cancel human beings through reputation destruction and social exile?