[BigTTYGothGF]

> “We're so blinded by hate against Europeans we're going to repeat the limitation of another settler-originated technology just to make things different than everyone else.”

Of all the ways to interpret the article, this is certainly one of them, but don't you think it's a bit of a stretch?

[throw_a_grenade]

Maybe a bit. I just got triggered by the newspeak.

[BigTTYGothGF]

I don't see any "newspeak" in the part you quoted? (Jargon does not count)