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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Jan 2015

    Don’t let a microscopic layer of scum detract you from the roughly 1.5 million people marching for freedom in Paris.pic.twitter.com/7NO02cc49B

    8:59 AM - 11 Jan 2015
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      2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 11 Jan 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Lessien that's exactly the sort of shallow, lazy cynicism that feeds, well, what happened last week.

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Jan 2015
        Replying to @benedictevans

        .@BenedictEvans Yes, Benny, it was this sort of cynicism that fed what happened last week. Buy a clue, please. +@Lessien

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      4. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 11 Jan 2015
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        @aral @Lessien several dozen elected leaders are scum.Democracy is worthless. Voting is stupid. Easy, lazy, dangerously stupid cynicism.

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Varun Checker‏ @vchecker 11 Jan 2015
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        Varun Checker Retweeted BBC News (World)

        .@aral So this is what they're upto in Paris -https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/554305651510636545 …

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        BBC News (World)Verified account @BBCWorld
        Tighter internet surveillance "urgently" needed to foil jihadists, governments agree in Paris http://bbc.in/1w8JABU  pic.twitter.com/iGGXBegixf
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      1. argusensitive‏ @SamirTalwar 11 Jan 2015
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        @aral My worry is that the layer of scum will see the 1.5 million behind them as behind their policies too.

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      1. Afua‏ @afua 11 Jan 2015
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        RT: @aral Don’t let a microscopic layer of scum detract you from 1.5 million people marching for freedom in Paris.pic.twitter.com/lCvNa9cy9r

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      1. Kevin Oleary‏ @kolearyUX 11 Jan 2015
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        @aral is there no room for optimism at the sight of Netanyahu and Abbas walking in solidarity?

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      1. Gurjusjit Singh‏ @gurjusjit 11 Jan 2015
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        @aral @vchecker Probaly the policies of these scums were responsible for many killings in the world.

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      1. Walter van Holst‏ @whvholst 11 Jan 2015
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        @glynmoody @aral The problem is that the scum is literally at the forefront of the march

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