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Re:TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, La... by mardifoufs on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:15AM (#35948493)
If I say that I was affiliated with Al Qaïda? In any case it is much more likely to get droned by the US than by China, no matter how unlikely it is in the absolute.
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Re:TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, La... by reducesuffering on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:23AM (#35949684)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy

And 24 million Taiwanese are far less likely to die due to US invasion of them.

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Re:TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, La... by mardifoufs on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:12PM (#35955220)
What? Are you linking to the fallacy you yourself just used? I was talking about the middle east, so that's a pretty weird deflection. I guess it's fine if the US invades middle eastern countries and drones civilians as long as they are on Taiwan's side? What
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Re:TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, La... by throwaway2990 on Monday May 15, 2023 @08:17PM (#35956310)
You asked if you said you were Al Qaïda. You’re saying “I’m part of a terrorist organization” and expecting not to get flagged?

I’m talking about disagreeing with the government. If you called out Biden for being worse than trump and he touches children and sniffs their hair. Nothing will happen to you. If you did that to Xi. You would end up in a reeducation camp.

But you’re like “how come I can’t claim to be part of a terrorist organization and then still travel to America”

Not even remotely similar.

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Re:TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, La... by mardifoufs on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @12:40AM (#35957810)
If I say death to America, unironically and openly from Syria or Yemen or most of the middle east I'll absolutely get flight restricted. My example about saying that I was part of Al Qaïda was about getting droned, not just get on a no fly list.

Again, from the middle east the US is a much bigger threat. China isn't, at all. There is no denying that and no amount of "but you have free speech in the US!!" Matters in this context

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