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Re:Ethnic violence in Ethiopia has been supercharged by hate... by AnimalMuppet on Monday September 14, 2020 @07:06PM (#24476163)
Facebook amplifies it. It (probably) was already there, but Facebook can take it from a simmer to a boil... or from a boil to a bloodbath.
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Re:Ethnic violence in Ethiopia has been supercharged by hate... by captainredbeard on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:50PM (#24485945)
Does it amplify it or just speed up the natural course of what would otherwise happen?
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Re:Ethnic violence in Ethiopia has been supercharged by hate... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:26PM (#24486883)
Would everyone, say, be angry anyway? Probably. Would everyone be angry enough to take to the streets with guns and clubs? Probably not (or at least in much fewer numbers).
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