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Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by weberer on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:49AM (#33655497)
>We punish not to humiliate as an act of vengence

No, I think that's exactly how the Twitter mob operates. These people treat politics as some sort of religious war.

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Re:The case against the Twitter apology and our culture of p... by SoftTalker on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:01PM (#33662981)
Politics and religion aren't very far apart. In some parts of the world they are nearly the same thing. Elsewhere, the belief in deities is the main differentiator, and even there it can get blurry, based on how some supporters seem to worship their leaders almost as gods.
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