• SomeoneElseOPM
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    They were reinstalled days later after the backlash. Their spokesperson was spewing all kinds of BS. “The tweet was a mistake” “the benches were unsanitary” etc. I’m not sure if these are the same as the benches before before it looks like they’d be hard to lie down on anyway.

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      Yep that’s an anti homeless bench if I’ve ever seen one.

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        When it was never about the pregnant or elderly but virtue signalling

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          What do you think virtue signalling means?

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            Trying to show off you’re a good character without actually meaning what you’re saying

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              I’m failing to see how that relates back to either the original post’s photo or even the top of this comment chain.