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Barbie screening cancelled in Paris after anti-LGBTQ+ backlash
(www.thepinknews.com)
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Apparently, when you delete an entire comment thread, Piefed also deletes the explanation for why it's been deleted.
So here goes: a comment implied that all French people are gay. A few people took offense to that, felt that "gay" was being used as a slur. And I agree it can probably be interpreted that way, which violates rule #2.