‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies

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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