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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by pessimizer on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:45PM (#33658559)
This is a great argument for expelling all Chinese people, people of Chinese descent, people who have said anything nice about China, and people who have never said anything nice about China but I think are hindering our competitiveness against them.
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by imbnwa on Friday November 18, 2022 @03:01PM (#33661193)
Can someone downvoting explain how this is not an implication or were people thinking this parent wasn't criticizing grandparent?
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by kube-system on Friday November 18, 2022 @03:27PM (#33661553)
It is a nonsequitur that the existence of spies necessitates widespread banning of people by national origin. We did this during WWII and it was clearly a misguided mistake.
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns by cwkoss on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:15PM (#33663160)
A lot of people in this thread don't seem to realize how they are starting down a path that will inevitably lead to McCarthyist fascism.
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