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Re:Google bans ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad plat... by emmelaich on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:31AM (#23547810)
Indeed! I realised that after posting. So I went back and sorted by 'best' and 'oldest'. But I think the comments server is getting hammered at the moment and did not return.

That 'best' comment is extremely pessimistic, but nothing particularly objectionable.

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Re:Google bans ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad plat... by pjc50 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:10AM (#23549024)
"Stochastic terrorism": if enough people talk up a civil war long enough, they can make it happen. Or at least get some mass shootings to happen. e.g.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/16/steven-carrillo...

or https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/06/09/three-nevada-...

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Re:Google bans ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad plat... by linuxftw on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:50AM (#23552812)
Kind of like how the main stream media talks up war with the middle east.

"We came, we saw, he died."

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