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This one's a little different still. What you're describing is small-scale political misdirection and shortsightedness. Politicians always react in this nonsens
by mladenkovacevic 11y ago
This one's a little different still. What you're describing is small-scale political misdirection and shortsightedness. Politicians always react in this nonsensical way whether motivated by powerful lobby groups or personal advancement.
Here we also have large corporations that seemingly have no horse in this race other than some cheap, blatantly dishonest PR participating in this moral misdirection on a grand scale. For what reason? I doubt Apple's comical over-reaching in banning of these games is worth the liberal brownie points.
Does this maybe have something to with using the confederate flag controversy to distract people from the Trans Pacific Partnership bill which is being rammed through without any significant challenges as we speak?
- MBCook 11y agoYeah, that comment isn't meant to apply to Apple, it was just a response/agreement with onewaystreet. I know this kind of thing always happens, but I was surprised how fast 'everyone' latched onto the flag as the core issue this time that will solve everything.
- justizin 11y agoIt won't solve everything, but it's about damned time it stopped being socially acceptable. The flag was re-raised in response to the civil rights movement. It's not the core issue, but I think it would be silly to say, in post-WWII Germany, that simply taking down nazi symbols won't stop people from thinking like nazis.
- MBCook 11y agoI agree completely, I'm glad it's happening. I was surprised they were doing it in the first place. It's just too bad that's probably the only change that will come of this.
- Nadya 11y agoA self-described anarchist that supports censorship from a governing body (not necessarily government body). Seems contradictory to an anarchists' ideals.