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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by darkerside on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:11PM (#31254787)
Those horrors in history were created through the combination of good intentions (also integral to the best of human history), and the dehumanization of subgroups. What exactly do you fear from the CDC, and who do you fear they will do it to? Not just a challenge, a genuine question.
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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by ellopoppit on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:21PM (#31254872)
>Those horrors in history were created through the combination of good intentions (also integral to the best of human history), and the dehumanization of subgroups

The CDC has a historical record of such things. What makes you think human beings are incapabale of repeating such crimes against humanity?

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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by darkerside on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:33PM (#31254981)
I don't. But so could elementary school teachers, the National Black Caucus, or the sanitation workers union. It's much more productive to talk about actual concerns. Do you have any to share?
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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by ellopoppit on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:52PM (#31255132)
>so could elementary school teachers

Is there any historical precedent of elementary school teachers committing crimes against humanity comparable to public health officials?

>It's much more productive to talk about actual concerns. Do you have any to share?

Are you not familiar with any of the historical atrocities committed by public health officials across the world since the beginning of "public health"?

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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by IfOnlyYouKnew on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @11:42PM (#31256495)
The holocaust had decidedly not "good intentions". No, not even by its own definition, and definitely not in the sense the term is constantly abused as some magic bullet to refute any position that is otherwise unassailable.
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