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Re:Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over so... by gallopingcomp on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:51PM (#34394986)
Banning lead from gasoline (and paint, plumbing etc) is also governmentally-punished wrongthink, if you’ve built your whole identity and livelihood around being a salesman for leaded gasoline.

Or. Could a certified driving instructor lose their license for telling their clients to drive aggressively, regardless of safety concerns? They might just become a brave martyr challenging the safety-obsessed culture that coddles our drivers.

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Re:Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over so... by josephcsible on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:04PM (#34395076)
Wrongthink is inherently about expressing ideas. Contrast actually putting lead in things with saying that you wish you could put lead in things.
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Re:Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over so... by gallopingcomp on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:16PM (#34395164)
Hence the “salesman” part. The government is technically depriving you of your livelihood because your employer is out of business, or has moved to non-leaded gasoline, but you insist on only selling leaded gasoline, because you sincerely believe it is superior. Now you are out of a job. (Or rather: now there’s talk going around that you might be out of a job.)
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