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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by ardy42 on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:13PM (#24521406)
> Yeah, let's follow CCP practices in the US, that'll show 'em!

To a certain extent, yes. A lot of foreign relations is about reciprocation and self-interest. For many, many years the US tolerated CCP polices that hurt its interests with the hope that, over time, that would cause the CCP would liberalize. That hasn't happened, and it's clear it won't happen anytime soon.

Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by romwell on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:41PM (#24522545)
Of course, reciprocation is always the answer.

We should also reciprocate CCP's oppression of Uighurs in concentration camps by ramping up our oppression in ICE camps, right?

Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by frequentnapper on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:52PM (#24522620)
The parent didn't say reciprocation is always the answer. Stop putting words in people's mouth and derailing the conversation. In this case it makes sense to do a tit-for-tat ban to hurt them.
Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by apta on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:39PM (#24523544)
That's a strawman argument.