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A bit of context would surely help to put this comment into perspective.
by baxtr 6y ago
A bit of context would surely help to put this comment into perspective.
- kome 6y agoThey jailed Catalan politicians and activists after winning a referendum for the independence of Catalonia: https://catalansalmon.com/campanyes/llibertat/?cvid=2 https://catalansalmon.com/campanyes/llibertat/?cvid=2
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoFrom what I was able to get from talking to people from Barcelona, anti-independence citizens were viewing the referendum as illegal and didn't attend. So it's no wonder that the separatists "won" the referendum, but it's legitimacy is rather questionable.
- zaxu 6y agoThe catalonian government, which is an autonomous community of Spain, held a referendum to secede. The Spanish shut down polling stations, but they declared independence anyways, so the central government implemented direct rule and arrested the separatist politicians responsible for it.
- mellow2020 6y agoSo what you're saying is, when I post that Catalonia should be free and go on holiday in Spain, no spooks would follow me around, and no pressure would be put on German companies to fire me, and this isn't even remotely comparable.
- vimy 6y ago7 elected politicians and 2 leaders of the independence movement have been arrested and convicted for the ‘crime’ of holding a referendum. Up to 13 years in prison.
- mellow2020 6y agoYes, I know, that's still shifting goal posts from > "being put in jail because you say publicly that tibet should be free" and if merely pointing that fact out is getting me downvoted, that's the problem of the people who are doing that.
- SamReidHughes 6y agoThey spent public money on the referendum, didn't they? If the subordinate government could do whatever they wanted, they wouldn't need a referendum, would they.