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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado

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522 points pykello | 5 comments | 10 Oct 25 09:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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s-a-p ◴[10 Oct 25 09:11 UTC] No.45536751[source]▶
I know a big baby that isn't going to be happy about this one :)
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drstewart ◴[10 Oct 25 09:19 UTC] No.45536813[source]▶
Yep, but why do we care what the socialist dictator Maduro thinks?
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Parae ◴[10 Oct 25 09:39 UTC] No.45536945[source]▶
I don't think they are talking about Maduro, but a big blond haired baby who likes burger and fascism.
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throw-the-towel ◴[10 Oct 25 10:10 UTC] No.45537134{3}[source]▶
This is a tangent, but this type of You-Know-Who speech is so irritating. If you want to say Trump just say it, don't dance around it like he's some kind of god who'll punish you if you say his name in vain.
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1. toofy ◴[10 Oct 25 10:32 UTC] No.45537260{4}[source]▶
people are getting in very real world trouble for saying negative things about certain people or their friends.

i’m not sure if you’ve seen how many people have lost their jobs for saying truths about kurk or how many people are losing jobs, scholarships, visas, education etc for saying things about a certain regime, but it’s happening, for real. they’re actively pushing to force people to turn over their social media accounts for review.

we can’t blame this poster for vagueposting here. i often pushback against vagueposting but in today’s climate we cant blame people for taking their personal safety seriously when it comes to vocalizing their criticisms.

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2. pjc50 ◴[10 Oct 25 10:40 UTC] No.45537302[source]▶
Sadly, everyone knows what you mean and vagueposting is no protection.

I'm reminded of the (apocryphal?) Russian protestor arrested for holding a blank piece of paper.

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3. bloak ◴[10 Oct 25 12:16 UTC] No.45538102[source]▶
I don't know about Russia but there seem to be loads of cases of people being arrested (or detained or harrassed by police) for holding up a blank piece of paper, including one case in Cornwall: https://netpol.org/2023/02/10/cornish-protester-assaulted-an...

In Singapore someone was charged for holding up a piece of cardboard with a smiley face drawn on it: https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/26/public-order-in-si...

4. throw-the-towel ◴[10 Oct 25 12:21 UTC] No.45538148[source]▶
That was a Soviet-era joke, then it actually happened several times under Putin.
5. 998244353 ◴[10 Oct 25 16:00 UTC] No.45540442[source]▶
I seriously doubt saying "big blond haired baby who likes burger and fascism" instead of "Trump" would have made a difference for these people.