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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by helen___keller on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:00AM (#29000463)
> Therefore, the treatment of whistleblowers really does depend on who's hand they're strengthening -- the govt or someone else's -- and not a generalized respect for the truth

This is a very easy argument to make without resorting to political derailment, especially since it's basically a founding principle of our country (separation of powers, because we can't trust governing entities to police themselves, therefore competing and opposed government entities must effectively 'police' each other).

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by paisawalla on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:05AM (#29000529)
Sure, but

1. a lot of people also find that entire situation to be such incredible bullshit

2. the counterargument discredits itself when it employs the mental gymnastics needed to explain that inconsistency

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by helen___keller on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:10AM (#29000607)
> 1. a lot of people also find that entire situation to be such incredible bullshit

OK? The fact that government doesn't police itself sucks, yes. The fact that I don't have a Lamborghini also sucks. I don't see what throwing in a Hillary Clinton dig is going to do to solve this situation or offer any kind of insight to other readers and commenters besides making people feel angry about politics.

> 2. the counterargument discredits itself when it employs the mental gymnastics needed to explain that inconsistency

I don't even know what you're referring to right now or how it relates to the topic.

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by paisawalla on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:34PM (#29006586)
You honestly sound like you're going out of your way to be upset about this.
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