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I agree, and have seen too many specific instances of silencing. Many first hand.

The words that really get my goat is "peer reviewed", which used to hold great weight with me, back in school, now it is the words of the enemy. In order to become a "peer" you have to think like all the other reviewers. So, if you think different, you are not a peer, and will not be peer reviewed.

No, it's not.