{"id":1030,"date":"2025-04-23T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:29:31","slug":"i-assume-this-is-designed-to-silence-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"I assume this is designed to silence me."},"content":{"rendered":"
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23 April 2025<\/div>\n
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Another removed post today.<\/div>\n
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This one was interesting because in the thread the admin guy posted a personal insult towards a mayoral candidate and I called them out on it.<\/div>\n
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Personal insults are not allowed and anyone posting such insults will be removed from the group, according to the admin.<\/div>\n
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The result was I was suspended from the group until April 30th.<\/div>\n
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I assume this is designed to silence me.<\/div>\n
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Why would you have a group called Whakatane have Your Say, and then stop a leading contributor from saying anything?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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23 April 2025 Another removed post today. This one was interesting because in the thread the admin guy posted a personal insult towards a mayoral candidate and I called them out on it. Personal insults are not allowed and anyone posting such insults will be removed from the group, according to the admin. The . . . → Read More: I assume this is designed to silence me.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7408,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whakatane-uncensored","odd"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?feed=podcast&podcast_series=exposures-the-blog","embedCode":"

I assume this is designed to silence me.<\/a><\/blockquote>