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by jaxbot 2633 days ago
It got a little more complicated than that. I can't speak too much about the specifics, but people were definitely defaming the country itself and overall going out of line in hopes to amplify their protest. It's one thing to say that the project doesn't align with your ethical standards. It's another to attack the country (and by proxy its citizens) for high level political decisions that the people are powerless over, then imply that the people are complacent with it.