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A comment on ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia from the internet [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by waffleiron on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:39AM (#30543241)
Do independent news outlets really matter if the vast majority of people get their news for ABC / CBS / NBC / CCN / Fox /PBS?

Again, I agree that the US acted in a different way than Russia does right now, but the situation itself is also different. The US did not need to take the actions Russia has to take, because the majority of people in the US where pro-war during the invasion, with only 17% strongly opposing the illegal war [1].

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-america...

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Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by lolinder on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:49AM (#30543405)
Your "only 3%" comment was replying to my argument that to compare Russia's suppression of all opposing speech to the US's voluntary support from the mainstream media is patently absurd. That the US had overwhelming voluntary support from its people isn't proof that I'm wrong, it's exactly my point.
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