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Re:Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls by mistermann on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:26PM (#19404473)
> but discussions of how cults recruit people should be easily distinguishable from actual attempts at recruitment

Hmmmm....can you think of an example of a case where "asking a legitimate question in a straightforward and non-offensive manner" about suicide cults would not be easily distinguishable from an attempt at recruitment?

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Re:Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls by anigbrowl on Friday March 15, 2019 @08:08PM (#19405486)
Yes, I can think of many such examples because misunderstandings can and do occur. However, we are now far away from the behavior I labeled as a form of aggression, to wit 'posting specifically to inflame or upset people,' so I don't plan to proceed any further down this path of semantic possibilities.
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Re:Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls by mistermann on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:56PM (#19406127)
> we are now far away from the behavior I labeled as a form of aggression

So, it is necessarily (and always) a form of aggression then?

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