# Pit thread for Martin\_Hyde {He has been BANNED}

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045 "2022-05-24T22:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045/1075 "2022-07-18T19:32:32Z")

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> [@Inflation is not currently a menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflation-is-not-currently-a-menace/955738/171):
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> Except–no, it isn’t. You aren’t energy independent if your economy can’t function without energy imports, that is the very definition of being dependent. This is manifestly dishonest. Angela Merkel’s coalition agreement (which she came to with other parties in her coalition), which was written in 2018 as per German domestic political concerns committed to the build out of LNG terminals. It is certainly true that Trump was in favor of these plans being accelerated and may even be true that it …

Interesting how in this thread he calls something manifestly dishonest. lol

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