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>Friar said they were deleting posts about Black Lives Matter because they were following outdated rules stating that national conversations have no place in neighborhood forums.

Is this wrong though? If you're talking about a local protest/activity, absolutely; but does generic black-square-style posting have a place on a hyperlocal community forum like ND?

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It's not wrong, but the mob has come for him and having any contrarian or critical opinion of this movement is career suicide.

I suspect it's more a question of whether it was done evenhandedly - I agree with you, but if posts about Trump or whatever other national stuff stay up and BLM comes down, then it's an issue.

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