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oh bless yer heart, pepperidge farm 'members! (lemmy.ca)
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[+] -22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

How is this fake news getting such high upvote ratio

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  • [–] 81 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    He wasn't literally surgically lobotomized no - but he did have extremely severe neurological damage from an unknown source which put him in a vegetative state that he never regained consciousness from. If it was done by DPRK intentionally or not isn't known, but he did suffer those injuries during his time imprisoned under their supervision, and generally it's held that harm to a prisoner is the fault of the captor.

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  • [+] -33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Yes, that's not "North Korea lobotomising him". Hence fake news. A lobotomy cuts off the front of the brain

    It would be the first time North Korea has harmed an American in this context and it's pretty likely to be unintentional if they wanted to trade prisoners

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  • [–] 45 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    What a tedious semantic argument. An inaccurate use of a term in an informal setting that nonetheless quite accurately describes the symptoms he experienced, is not fake news - it's not even news, it's an internet comment. It's been corrected now.

    it’s pretty likely to be unintentional

    It's generally unintentional to beat someone and have them wind up in a vegetative state.

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  • [+] -14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    See the other comment from someone else, they were not beaten at all and the one anonymous report that he was appears to be fabricated

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Not what the other comment says.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    "Didn't they beat the guy so badly he had brain damage and died?"

    Is that not what this person is saying?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I'm not sure I understand, I don't think ryannathans (or anyone else in this chain) is saying that at all?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The beating the previous comment or is referring to isn't a real beating, it's figurative to make a point. Intentional or not, it happened and NK is responsible for the outcome. Just like the US is responsible for what happens to the foreign nationals we imprisoned.

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