• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Assuming “them” are the protesters

    Why would you assume that? It was obviously asking about what comment the politicians have made, from the fact that they were asking about whether “they” had commented “on the reason for the protest, or just the act”.

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      5 months ago

      It was obviously asking about what comment the politicians have made

      Why would you assume that? It was obviously asking about what comment the protesters have made, from the fact that they were asking about whether “they” had commented “on the reason for the protest, or just the act”.

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        5 months ago

        Yes, it’s very easy to make a bad faith argument if you just randomly pull quotes, rather than actually looking at context.