j prole@lemmygrad.ml to Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years agoJackson Hinkle spreading falsehoods about China as an excuse to be anti-LGBTQ to drive engagementlemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageJackson Hinkle spreading falsehoods about China as an excuse to be anti-LGBTQ to drive engagementlemmygrad.mlj prole@lemmygrad.ml to Comradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarej prole@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoI know. He misworded it. It wasn’t banned because it was never the law in the first place.
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoGranted, that is essentially a de facto ban. Exclusion by omission serves the exact same purpose as a ban, even if the semantics are different.
minus-squareImOnADiet@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-22 years agoI think the difference here is that hinkle is making it sound like it was legal and then China turned around and banned it, it makes it seem like they’re going backwards in progress instead of forwards
I know. He misworded it. It wasn’t banned because it was never the law in the first place.
Granted, that is essentially a de facto ban. Exclusion by omission serves the exact same purpose as a ban, even if the semantics are different.
I think the difference here is that hinkle is making it sound like it was legal and then China turned around and banned it, it makes it seem like they’re going backwards in progress instead of forwards