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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by cosmicgadget on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @04:33PM (#45508471)
> Falsely quoting

What's the acceptable notation for paraphrasing? I typically use > for quotes.

Agreed, most of this is an unnecessary argument over terminology when I was simply calling them Temu Stasi.

We'll see about the secret police thing, for now they seem to be just about getting their deportation bounties.

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Re:ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @05:23PM (#45509056)
> What's the acceptable notation for paraphrasing?

No clue :P. But I think quotation marks should be saved for actual quotations, particularly in a threaded context. (Air quotes absolutely muddy the waters.)

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