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Re:ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after ... by amazingman on Thursday July 03, 2025 @11:34AM (#44456124)
You're essentially peddling the poisoned M&M fallacy. Do we need capable, rational border security? Yes. Do we need unaccountable masked men armed in our city streets, forcefully detaining anyone who looks like they might be [insert bogeyman caricature]? Absolutely fucking not.
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Re:ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after ... by aerostable_slug on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:41PM (#44458012)
When did I defend authoritarian masked men? Perimeter defense is an expensive endeavor, and if you read the words I wrote that's clearly what I was talking about. At first glance, the new budget includes over 50 billion (!) dollars for increasing our perimeter defense. That sounds like capable, rational border security to me.

Please stop accusing people of peddling the straw man you want to tear down. It's Reddit-tier, not worthy of HN.

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Re:ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after ... by amazingman on Thursday July 03, 2025 @03:20PM (#44458332)
A single dollar figure (with no additional context) suggests capable, rational border security to you?
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