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Halldór Auðar Svansson

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I live in Iceland, work as a software geek but I've also played at being a politician in a previous life. My posts tend to be focused on politics, social issues and tech. They are in Icelandic or English, depending on subject matter and target audience.

  1. Þetta er svo aumkunarvert. Þjóðkirkjan er ekkert að flagga þessum krossi þó að hann sé í anddyri einnar kirkju og bregði fyrir í hálfa sekúndu í myndbandi. Hún er ekki heldur að gera út á útlendingaandúð þannig að hjá henni vekur þessi kross einfaldlega ekki slík hugrenningartengsl.

    <p>Þjóðkirkjan hefur notað kross í markaðsefni sínu sem er af sömu gerð og sá sem samtökin Skjöldur Íslands voru nýlega harðlega gagnrýnd fyrir, þar sem hann var sagður bera skírskotun til nasisma. Kr...

    Þjóðkirkjan notaði sama kross og Skjöldur Íslands var gagnrýndur fyrir – í auglýsingu fyrir Hinsegin daga

    <p>Þjóðkirkjan hefur notað kross í markaðsefni sínu sem er af sömu gerð og sá sem samtökin Skjöldur Íslands voru nýlega harðlega gagnrýnd fyrir, þar sem hann var sagður bera skírskotun til nasisma. Kr...

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  2. If I were an American dictator worried that Congress might do something silly like vote in favor of releasing a bunch of documents that implicated me as a child sex trafficker, it would be super advantageous to fill D.C. with loyal military officers the week before

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  3. Them:

    “The Epstein files are everything. You should all care about what’s in them.”

    “We can’t wait to release the Epstein files!”

    They read the Epstein files.

    “Forget about the Epstein files.”

    America: What? Why?

    Them:

    “Why do you care about the Epstein files?”

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  4. The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.

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  5. Not only will we continue to demand the release of the unredacted (other than that of the victims), Epstein files, we demand the victims be heard! We don't care what a convicted sex trafficker has to say. The only voices that matter are those of the victims. 1/2

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