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squeaky-clean on Oct 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police dis...

"The pen is mightier than the sword" isn't a new idea.

bondarchuk on Oct 31, 2022 [–]

So then use the pen and not the sword, to fight "disinformation".

Also that quote does not necessarily equate information with physical violence ("mighty" is something quite different), which is what I am objecting to.

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