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		siidooloo on Nov 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit’s CEO edited comments that criticized him Accusing people of being pedophiles is not just 'talking.' The trolls are intentionally trying to convine people that their political enemies are pedophiles to dicredit them.

rfrank on Nov 24, 2016 [–]

Is accusing people of being racist, sexist, homophobic, uneducated, etc. not just 'talking'?

Because an entire election cycle just completed where one side used those words to discredit their political enemies.

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