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On any of the donation threads where it came up and he replied to it, the most he ever did was some half hearted corporate PR "apology" (ironic)
"Do you also perform this kind of background check for every product you buy in the supermarket?"
Uh. Yeah. We do. That's why we're constantly coming on here telling people what companies to boycott. Do you not follow your own movements?
What a weird way to "defend" himself. Of course everyone scrutinizes what they buy in the store and what that company does with their money. People boycott products all across the political spectrum.
He's deeply into the "grasping at straws" stage of this.
For such a dedicated "communist" it sure does sound like they just go to Walmart and purchase whatever corporate slop is thrust in front of them. Like the idea of scrutinizing or boycotting groceries companies is such an alien concept to them as to be ridiculous.
Hmm.
Yeah, did he really think people won't? It's pretty damn shitty to also demand free pass just because they're making stuff that's being distributed for free. What's funnier is that he also think people wouldn't go back to reddit or migrate to piefed or other reddit-like fediverse project. This two guys have the ego of trump.