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Related: About this forumThis shit is spreading on DU
https://democraticunderground.com/100221087101#post2
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This shit is spreading on DU (Original Post)
DavidDvorkin
7 hrs ago
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cilla4progress
(26,524 posts)1. ???
Behind the Aegis
(56,094 posts)2. Amazingly, it was actually hidden.
Too many think that is a quote by Voltaire. It is not. It is a quote by a convicted pedophile, who is a Holocaust-denying, anti-Semitic white supremacist!
The quote, which reads, To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize, was quickly identified by some users online as a quote by Kevin Alfred Strom. Reuters Fact Check
mountain grammy
(28,948 posts)4. Why is that amazing?
Behind the Aegis
(56,094 posts)5. Not hard to figure out...it was hidden.
mountain grammy
(28,948 posts)8. I'm sorry, I misunderstood
I thought amazingly meant you were surprised it was hidden, and I was also glad it was, so I'm sorry I read that wrong.
Pretty egregious considering the source and I hope everyone here sees that.
hlthe2b
(113,660 posts)3. Post was hidden, poster banned. I didn't see it, but apparently it is not accepted on DU--whatever it said.
Behind the Aegis
(56,094 posts)6. The poster was not banned.
DavidDvorkin
(20,562 posts)7. I alerted on that post but didn't expect to see any action taken
I'm pleasantly surprised.
mountain grammy
(28,948 posts)9. I'm not surprised at all.
There's a reason we stay here.