• underisk@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Trying to silence discussion of politics is itself a tacit endorsement of the status quo.

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        1 year ago

        I think Jonny’s comment was about the Trump reference in an article about a British man human trafficking women in Romania. No one is trying to silence discussion

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        1 year ago

        True, but Trump is only tangentially related to Tate. If the discussion went further comparing their followers, that would be on topic.

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          It’s a single line at the end making light of their similarities. He wasn’t trying to make this website all about American politics as suggested.