Re:Campaign Monitor has suspended President Trump
by nitrogen on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:00AM
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Calling that a coup is pretty insensitive towards people who have actually been through coups
With the utmost sympathy for those who have experienced coups and aware of the crap "enlightened" governments pull around the world...
I do want to say that gatekeeping and shaming of the form "using [word X] is insensitive to the people of real [word X]" is one of the trends that is amplifying division in the US. There's probably a better way we can acknowledge worse problems without inadvertently damaging discourse.
That said... an attempted coup can take many forms.
Re:Campaign Monitor has suspended President Trump
by ulucs on Saturday January 09, 2021 @07:39AM
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Eh, you're speaking from a position of privilege that I can't comprehend. But I can assure you I'm not being offended theoretically for someone else's sake.
With the utmost sympathy for those who have experienced coups and aware of the crap "enlightened" governments pull around the world...
I do want to say that gatekeeping and shaming of the form "using [word X] is insensitive to the people of real [word X]" is one of the trends that is amplifying division in the US. There's probably a better way we can acknowledge worse problems without inadvertently damaging discourse.
That said... an attempted coup can take many forms.