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Silently downvote away, cowards: but the refusal of all mainstream media to cover the protest at the time, despite the spraying of water cannons at protestors in freezing conditions, the use of Stingray tech, and other super dodgy shit is a sold and undeniable fact.

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That Was a substantive comment, which added to the original.

And it Was cowardly to downvote the original comment, which was documentably factual. It's more than a little prudish to come at me a day later and threaten me with a ban. If you have some kind of personal issue with me, I'd like it explained please.

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