Re:EU Copyright Directive is a catastrophe for free expressi...
by DuskStar on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:46PM
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I think this formulation is a bit more accurate:
1. Mention an obscure irritant that is superficially not the EU's fault, and blame the EU for it
2. EU supporters pile on and say that this is what all anti-EU arguments are like
3. When examined in more detail, the irritant actually IS the EU's fault
4. People then accept #2 as true, and hate the EU more (since apparently if they examined all the obvious BS about the EU more closely, they'd find it to be true)
1. Mention an obscure irritant that is superficially not the EU's fault, and blame the EU for it
2. EU supporters pile on and say that this is what all anti-EU arguments are like
3. When examined in more detail, the irritant actually IS the EU's fault
4. People then accept #2 as true, and hate the EU more (since apparently if they examined all the obvious BS about the EU more closely, they'd find it to be true)