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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by _heimdall on Thursday April 25, 2024 @07:43AM (#40156235)
No the GP, but their point is that the US can't complain about how China treats the rest of Asia when it looks so similar to how the US has treated Latin America.

That doesn't mean either side was right, or that one justifies the other. Only that the pot should into call the kettle black.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by shiroiushi on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:43PM (#40165077)
>or that one justifies the other

That is absolutely the implication here.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by _heimdall on Friday April 26, 2024 @08:50AM (#40168810)
I definitely read it differently, but maybe I did misunderstand them.

The commenter's focus on hypocrisy reads to me more like they take issue with the US calling China out for this rather then justifying what China is doing because they aren't the only ones.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by ExoticPearTree on Friday April 26, 2024 @02:51PM (#40172861)
The first one :)

My point is that you lose all moral high ground lecturing countries on how they should behave when you're doing the exactly same thing.

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