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It's unsurprising given the way it was phrased — very US-centric, and essentially that "if you disagree with me, you're as bad as Putin's soldiers in Ukraine"?
by lubutu 3y ago
It's unsurprising given the way it was phrased — very US-centric, and essentially that "if you disagree with me, you're as bad as Putin's soldiers in Ukraine"? Hardly the best way to encourage friendly debate.
- swayvil 3y agoOk good point.
- livueta 3y agoI'll fess up to having originally flagged it despite generally not liking doing that. I did so because of the "flamewar style" of the argument - single-purpose fresh account, personal attacks on anyone who disagrees, phrased in the most inflammatory way possible. A comment like that isn't looking for earnest discussion, and it would have been very easy to write something less likely to set off a shit subthread. Besides, a later comment flatly asserting the impossibility of abuse, like three weeks after https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/fbi-intelligence-surveillance-court-january-6-blm https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/fbi-intellig... did rounds in the news, smells like good old-fashioned trolling. Anyone seeking to seriously discuss this topic is aware of that development.