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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by ArchTypical on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:49PM (#18179700)
Nobody was actively participating in oppressing the russian population during the cold war. This attempt to dance around the issue is transparent.
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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by mikejb on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @02:33AM (#18182488)
The post you replied to is a direct answer to claims about trade between the US and Russia during the cold war.
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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by ArchTypical on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @12:06PM (#18186202)
The post I replied to is making false equivalence comparisons. There's nothing subtle about the issue being circumvented.
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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by mikejb on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @02:51PM (#18187791)
The equivalence comparison wasn't made by the post you replied to, but by it's parent.
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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by ArchTypical on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:35PM (#18197901)
> Even during the cold war, Americans did business with Russia

ie A false equivalence.

Me selling flags to Russians is doing business. That has nothing to do with the issue of what constitutes or can be construed as Treason which is certain kinds of business that ally against national interests.

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