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I was referring to the initial quote, the "Firing ..." one. The quote on "literal act of violence" is a cultural reference to an article in NYT in 2017 that is

I was referring to the initial quote, the "Firing ..." one. The quote on "literal act of violence" is a cultural reference to an article in NYT in 2017 that is now used as a way to call someone a certain kind of leftist. The entire comment is about "these people", the "activists". So these words are also not "random words in quotes".

pseudalopex 6y ago
"literal act of violence" was what the person you replied to replied to. No NYT article is in the top 20 Google results for that phrase. And it's a straw man in the context of Google firing Margaret Mitchell.