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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by spacebanana7 on Monday July 28, 2025 @09:12AM (#44710552)
> Often, when people criticize the NHS they have an ulterior motive, like privatisation

This kind of political insecurity is toxic for rational conversation. Blindly rejecting the criticisms of our political opponents is just as naive as blindly accepting their criticisms. Either way we handover control of the conversation.

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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by schmidtleonard on Monday July 28, 2025 @09:21AM (#44710631)
Rhetoric exists. Astroturfing exists. Wishful thinking and name-calling do not make them go away. You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.
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