• Saik0
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    -31 year ago

    So criticism… should lead to painful death?

    Are you okay?

    • @UniquesNotUseful
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      51 year ago

      She was protesting about the physical and sexual abuse of children by the church. The criticism helped to continue the protection of pedophiles, which continued for decades and still happens.

      Joe Pesci (a study in short man syndrome) said on TV he wanted to slap her for ripping up a photo and the audience applauded him for it.

      • Saik0
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        -81 year ago

        Okay? So speech warrants death? Very dangerous precedent to set.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          So someone off-handedly expressing their disdain for a group of people in a Lemmy comment is tantamount to setting a precedent about all speech?

    • @propaganja
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      1 year ago

      hyperbole
      hī-pûr′bə-lē
      noun
      A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.