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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It didn't seem like a good faith question so I didn't bother answering, but it seems at least one person in the shadows thinks it was, so I'll answer it:

I was thinking of people who think the Uyghur genocide is fake news, the Holodomor was an accident and Ukraine ought to be a Russian territory again, and the DPRK is a wonderful place to live. If you disagree with that on the fediverse, there tends to be much gnashing of teeth from certain people who otherwise make sane political arguments about the biggest evils we currently face, at least in my country (e.g. Epstein Class Bad, Trump Bad, Fascism Bad).

As for your two points, I haven't met anyone who supports genocide or the blocking of labor strikes, so I don't know why you thought those up.

[–] almost_genocide@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You accuse me of asking a question in bad faith and then act like you're living under a rock? Labor issues and genocide support are at the forefront of current political discussions. I can't remember the last time an American politician mentioned the Uyghurs.

As for your two points, I haven’t met anyone who supports genocide or the blocking of labor strikes, so I don’t know why you thought those up.

Joe Biden went around congress twice to ship weapons to Israel in support of their genocide. Joe Biden, 44 Democratic senators and 36 Republican senators passed a bill to block the rail strike in 2022. Were you unaware of this?

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I totally get it, you're trying to wrestle control of the wheel to divert the discussion into something you want to talk about instead. That's called a "Red Herring."

But look at how red this herring is! How can you deny this?

[–] almost_genocide@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I made it very clear what I wanted to talk about in my first comment.

I find it interesting how much you don't want to talk about those two subjects. Is that because you support blocking strikes and Israel's genocide?

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I made it very clear what I wanted to talk about in my first comment.

Yeah I know, and my point this entire time has been that's not what the rest of us were talking about, so it's bizarre to see you ignore the topic at hand to divert discussion to yours.

Ironically, you've kinda made my point by trying to fight me with zero information to go on.

I find it interesting how much you don’t want to talk about those two subjects. Is that because you support blocking strikes and Israel’s genocide?

Nope.

Can't help but notice that you haven't mentioned you dislike child predators once this entire comment chain. I find that very interesting. Is that because you're on the Epstein List?