{"id":179641,"date":"2021-12-25T19:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T18:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=179641"},"modified":"2021-12-25T19:02:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T18:02:34","slug":"defenders-of-free-speech-call-for-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=179641","title":{"rendered":"Defenders Of Free Speech Call for Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.\u201d<\/p><p>\u2015 Benjamin Franklin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"879\" data-attachment-id=\"179643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=179643\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-59452614\">Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia \u2013 BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Real Climate Science<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/30X4Kjs\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/30X4Kjs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 25, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.\u201d \u2015 Benjamin Franklin Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia \u2013 BBC News via Real Climate Science <a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/30X4Kjs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/30X4Kjs<\/a> December 25, 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