Re:Trump: 'A lot of people' think Edward Snowden 'not being ...
by happytoexplain on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:54AM
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Of course, given any absurd position, you can find somebody who holds it, so the implication of targeting one such position would be that, unlike the others, its representation is non-negligible. I disagree in this example - this seems like the invention of specifically irrational people for the purpose of mocking whatever broader group you perceive them to be a part of. However, what you would certainly find are people not just discussing Trump's hypocrisy/inconsistency, which is a valid opinion, but also people overly focusing on it to the overshadowing of Snowden's freedom.
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Re:Trump: 'A lot of people' think Edward Snowden 'not being ...
by mc32 on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:09PM
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If he does do it I think it potentially puts Biden in a tough spot. Biden would have to denounce it (since he was part of the team that wanted him), but that’s contra what lots of libertarians and some leftists would favor vis a vis exposure of government overreach into citizens’s private data.
It would be deft but also political, but then again what politician doesn’t make political moves, including interventionist wars?