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scarface74 on April 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban '...

They were afraid of being labelled unpatriotic. This was during the time where Senator Max Cleland was attacked for being "unpatriotic" even though he lost three limbs in the Vietnam War

int_19h on April 10, 2019 [–]

Fundamentally, it's about the fear of not getting re-elected.

And I would dare say that it's probably one of the biggest contributors to all legislation.

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