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[-] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Expressing your opinion on something is not sabotaging it. He's done plenty of bad shit (including relating to SKG) but negatively covering things and actively trying to make sure the thing you don't want to pass isn't passing is just political participation in the same way that promoting SKG is.

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well, op never used the word sabotage. Just said tried to make it fail. And that's what he did. He told people it was bad and to not sign. And people listened. If you check the signature timeline, there's a clear dropoff after his videos.

And since the things he said were untrue, we don't know if he actively lied or is just too stupid and misunderstood, but the effect was the same. It was never just about opinions. Me telling you the earth is flat or that gravity doesn't exist is not just me expressing an opinion, is it?

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah my bad I just took that from the reply I think. He did try to cause it to fail, and I agree we can't know whether he lied about things intentionally (but even if someone is generally a dick, I would presume innocence unless he's actually a compulsive liar or something).

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, dunno about compulsive liar, but he does appear to be unable to admit he was wrong which is just as bad, imo.

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