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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by zmgsabst on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:33PM (#32944897)
That’s not true, large assemblies for BLM were encouraged because the dozen wrongful murders a year constitute a bigger public health emergency than COVID.

The standards were political from the start.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by vkou on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:40PM (#32945548)
Yes, BLM protests in my city were encouraged by regular application of police batons, rubber-coated bullets, and flooding the streets with tear gas.

The anti-lockdown protests, on the other hand were encouraged by... A few cops looking bored. Which is strange, because COVID has been the #1 killer of police officers since the pandemic started.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by spookthesunset on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:10AM (#32948291)
You mean of the cops who died the majority tested positive. Very different than saying more cops were killed because of Covid than anything else. It’s entirely plausible that lots of cops would test positive for Covid… they interact with the public just like service workers, nurses and teachers…
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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by vkou on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:36AM (#32948435)
No, I meant what I said.

https://nleomf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-EOY-Fatal...

Vaccination rates among LEOs were much lower than those other professions, which, unsurprisingly, resulted in substantially more serious illnesses and deaths.

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