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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by nailer on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:29AM (#9039539)
She was mocking racism, people confused it for racism. The reactionaries remind me of the people who wrecked this Banksy: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/01/banksy-m...
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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by efaref on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:34AM (#9039589)
Exactly. I thought hacker news was a relatively smart crowd, but it seems there are people in this thread that don't even get that.

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