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I am surprised to see this comment "faded." I suppose this means you've rubbed a moderator the wrong way. Administration of this website befuddles me.

At any rate, I completely agree: the wealth of the average taxpaying citizen should not be used to pay the blackmail of too-big-too-fail financial engines holding public education for ransom.

Blackmailers should be arrested, tried, and sentenced to community service. Their demands should not be met.




> I am surprised to see this comment "faded." I suppose this means you've rubbed a moderator the wrong way.

Not a moderator - a reader with enough karma to be able to downvote (500 karma, IIRC).


Thank you, this has perplexed me for a long time.


Meta: comments are "faded" when they get downvoted by users. That is not a moderator decision.




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