Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh, sorry. You’re right. I was wrong on that point. I didn’t realize it showed the sensitive label in parenthesis to others.

  I would maintain the rest of the argument though, with the Mexican (and global) point of view being the more prominently displayed, there is no significant harm, and she doesn’t stand to gain anything from pursuing a civil case, nor politically.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not about harm. It’s about kissing Trump’s ass on something he doesn’t actually get to decide to stay on his good side.

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    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not suggesting she should kiss ass, far be it from me. But I still don’t see a good motive for this move. A civil suit is not going to get her anything, she’s just highlighting Trumps symbolic bullshit even more.

      And then when the suit either goes against her or goes for her but results in laughibly low compensation because the measureable harm is not significant, then it will look like a confirmation of the power of the convict in chief.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was talking about Google kissing Trump’s ass. Which is why this is happening.

        It takes an act of congress to rename a domestic post office. Google has taken his executive order and decided it’s true for everyone, at least parenthetically.

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