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> This is not an ask from or concern of the general population. It isn’t, but when asked in a “Do you support saving children?” way a lot of people do support
by afavour 1y ago
> This is not an ask from or concern of the general population.
It isn’t, but when asked in a “Do you support saving children?” way a lot of people do support it. You might say that’s idiotic, and you’re right, but any campaign to reverse this stuff has to reckon with it.
- userbinator 1y agoDitto for "do you want more secure software?" It turns out people don't realise that also means making software secured against their will.
- matheusmoreira 1y agoAnyone who asks that is arguing in bad faith and using children as political weapons to achieve their ends. It's gotten to the point I outright dismiss anything the politicians say the second I hear the words "children" and "terrorists".
- afavour 1y agoThis is what I mean when I say it has to be reckoned with. You can outright dismiss it yourself but it doesn’t make it go away when a sizeable number of voters do not dismiss it.
- laughing_man 1y agoEvery authoritarian regime relies on large numbers of useful idiots.