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A comment on YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politically extreme content. Parent comment

Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by wu-ikkyu on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:16AM (#17941162)
How about the US government in the 1960's conceding to civil rights demands in order to avoid a violent revolution?
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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by close04 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:37AM (#17941264)
Are you saying that the people who were fighting for civil rights actually deserved to lose because they were willing to... fight to get them?
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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by wu-ikkyu on Saturday September 08, 2018 @09:04PM (#17943719)
No.
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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by lotsofpulp on Saturday September 08, 2018 @12:04PM (#17941409)
That doesn't make any sense as a comparison that I'm trying to find between real life politics and the the above commenter's analogy about sacrificing a baby just to "win".
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