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The HN item discusses 'ag-gag' laws that aim to restrict whistleblowing in the agriculture industry, with commenters expressing skepticism towards the laws' supporters.
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If one replaced "supporters" with "critics", the sentence would make more sense, not less.
I do have to say that the supporters/farmers position looks objectively ethically questionable to me, but the old saying surely applies: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it"