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Dries Van Langenhove given 1-year prison sentence (www.vrt.be)

submitted 6 months ago by Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net to c/belgium@lemmy.world

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I just hope this doesn't actually make him more popular after his sentence just like a certain idol of his...

[–] Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, it's the same conundrum as with the Pano report: should we expose them or not? Should we give them attention that they can use or not? Not exactly sure if there's a good answer to that actually. The effects are a result of the way society thinks of these types: in a healthy, democratic society this wouldn't boost his popularity, on the contrary...