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by rjmunro 830 days ago
Didn't they already, in effect, DDOS the congress telephone system?
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No, they did however increase engagement in democracy in a very dramatic fashion. More people making demands from their government is a good thing.
When they're deliberately coordinated by foreign states with malicious intent? When the demands become more and more extreme towards the opposing side?
Opposing this ban isn't "malicious intent" lots of people think it's an infringement upon their rights for the US government to decide what they can and cannot see.