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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by dang on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:40PM (#21198069)
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21196261 and marked it off-topic.
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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by derision on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @09:11AM (#21202805)
How is it off topic? The person I replied to said this:

>I hope the next president is even more hardline against China than Trump.

And I asked if any other presidential candidates expressed a hardline stance against China. I don't see how that is off topic

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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by dang on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:19PM (#21206193)
The parent comment mentioned Trump's name, but "Trump easily has 4 more years" expanded that into a provocative statement that couldn't possibly go anywhere other than partisan flamewar. If your comment had been just the first and third sentences, it would have been fine.
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