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[โ€“] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, because tearing a picture is worse than the sexual assault of countless children. What a pos

[โ€“] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Totally. I always think of this when people say Muslims overreact about drawings of their prophet or people burning their holy book. There were protests in the streets and famous Catholics like Pesci and Madonna attacked O'Connor in the press. Madonna, it seemed, was even more frustrated because this thing completely removed the attention from her new album that came out around the same time.

Edit: Madonna playing the prude was a nice touch.