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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by the-dude on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:34PM (#25143451)
You are talking about Bush the 2nd right?
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by shadowgovt on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:41PM (#25143534)
He is, perhaps, talking about what should have happened during Bush 2.
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by VBprogrammer on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:38PM (#25143504)
Alas, Facebook was founded 4 years too late for even the younger Bush.
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:36PM (#25143474)
I don't know if you've been under a rock for more than a decade, but, no, Bush the Younger is not President of the United States. (Sure, some of the bad acts under his administration prefigured bad acts under this one.)
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by ccn0p on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:08PM (#25144495)
i think it was sarcasm.... maybe /s would help?
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by the-dude on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:40PM (#25143517)
Attic. It is a past tense sentence, just sayin'.
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:43PM (#25143555)
> It is a past tense sentence, just sayin'.

"The president of the United States has been using [...]" is present perfect continuous tense (expressing an action continuing in the present that began in the past), not past tense.

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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by shard on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:17PM (#25144583)
So it could be referring to the office of the president, not a specific president. Politicians lie, it's a commodity across the parties.
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