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Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by mrtksn »

French deny this, so I guess is true but more nuanced: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999

Anyway, the election was held and the pro-EU candidate won with a large margin and had one of the highest turnout in decades.

I was impressed by the Romanian counting and reporting. Apparently they were able published live participation numbers since they used tablets log people who came to vote and they had the full results in about 2 hours.

This is the website for it: https://prezenta.roaep.ro/prezidentiale18052025/?region=roma...

Fun fact, the winner is a mathematician who had perfect scores at the international mathematics olympiads in 1987 and 1988.

Here's his profile: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999

Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by brink »

immibis wrote: post #2

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For the thousandth time - yes objective reality exists, but this is a terrible idea because the core problem becomes; who gets to decide what objective reality is? And no, I'm not kidding. Some things seem obvious, but people tend to forget obvious things, especially during periods of mass psychosis.

Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by bigyabai »

immibis wrote: post #2

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I think that's a gullible worldview to demand when nearly every actual member of the Third Reich is dead or dying in 2025. You're kinda just profiling people to virtue signal, instead of letting their actions speak for themselves. Putin uses the same rhetoric to justify annexing Ukraine.

People don't like to hear this, but the majority of self-described "fascists" I've met in my life grew up. Their stupid worldview stemmed from a place of dissatisfaction, delusion, or a desire to get a reaction out of people. When you attack them outright, you feed into their fantasy that they're persecuted instead of just mentally ill.

Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by immibis »

bigyabai wrote: post #6
immibis wrote: post #2

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I think that's a gullible worldview to demand when nearly every actual member of the Third Reich is dead or dying in 2025. You're kinda just profiling people to virtue signal, instead of letting their actions speak for themselves. Putin uses the same rhetoric to justify annexing Ukraine. People don't like to hear this, but the majority of self-described "fascists" I've met in my life grew up. Their stupid worldview s…

When they grow up, they can use social media again.

Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by [deleted] »

mrtksn wrote: post #3

French deny this, so I guess is true but more nuanced: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999 Anyway, the election was held and the pro-EU candidate won with a large margin and had one of the highest turnout in decades. I was impressed by the Romanian counting and reporting. Apparently they were able published live participation numbers since they used tablets log people who came to vote and they had th…

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Re: Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

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Post by immibis »

brink wrote: post #5
immibis wrote: post #2

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For the thousandth time - yes objective reality exists, but this is a terrible idea because the core problem becomes; who gets to decide what objective reality is? And no, I'm not kidding. Some things seem obvious, but people tend to forget obvious things, especially during periods of mass psychosis.

I can tell you one thing: If Nazis have full rights and privileges, you will eventually end up in a world where the answer to "who gets to decide what objective reality is?" is "The Nazis". And they will not care that you think censorship is a bad idea.
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