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> all politicians from both sides of the aisle held the same views at some point not so distant in time from 2008?

To pick an obvious example, Sen. Sanders didn't hold this view and hasn't for his entire political career

> This intolerance of even the slightest political dissent is worrying.

I generally agree with you, but not in this case. There are some things we consider "politics" that just shouldn't be. Equal rights for people who hurt no one is one of those

Someone has to be pretty far down the rabbit hole before they start contributing money to a cause. This was a deeply held public view of his from what, only 12 years ago? It's relevant when we're talking about a search engine. I wouldn't trust a newspaper published by him either