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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by nostrebored on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:00PM (#14923847)
Who are her political opponents? The migrants? Their lives are being endangered now, once by governments (who have pulled out of S&R missions) and now by NGOs, and they are very likely being trafficked into Italy. People do not realize that the Camorra and Cosa Nostra are actual things, and that the Italian Mafia is not a joke.

You seem to think, completely without any substantiation, that Lauren Southern is disingenuous when she thinks that people are drowning on styrofoam rafts and being trafficked. You can think that you should have strict immigration laws and still care about people drowning in the ocean.

As far as I can see, she's a politically active woman in her mid 20s who has some unpopular political opinions that is being decried as a murderer for having a different assessment of the situation.

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by paulgb on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:35PM (#14924115)
Maybe I see this through a different lense because I sail, but carelessness like this on the water, especially at night, bothers me. To me this is like prank calling 911 and calling it "civil disobedience" -- something I would equally hope Patreon wouldn't support. The politics are not what sways me here, and I would agree that they should not be a factor.
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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by nostrebored on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:45PM (#14924193)
I can kind of see where you're coming from.
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