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Charles Oliver | 9.23.2015 6:00 AM


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South Wales police are investigating a Facebook post made by a former reality TV show star. Ursula Presgrave posted that people with Down syndrome "should be put down, it's just cruel to let them lead a pointless life of a vegetable." The remark went viral, prompting numerous complaints to Facebook and to police.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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