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The colloquial definition of "gatekeeping" doesn't require literal preventative force.

See https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gatekeeping



I get that, but even figuratively, it's a relatively harmless opinion that can only achieve as much by way of influence or control as readers are willing to allow the anonymous commenter to hold over them. There's more to learn if we confront the opinion by its premises (as shown by other responses to the comment) than by subjective moral grounds.




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