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Re:Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a P... by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:59PM (#49185578)
Because said person is sitting here saying "HN is stupid", it has nothing to do with the police, but the audience he's going after.

Read what he wrote and I wrote again. Nobody is excusing American police. I'm griping about his attempts to smear random people on this forum.

Nowhere did I tell you you're wrong to worry about American police. FFS, I worry about American police and I don't live there. Hence why I won't even go there.

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Re:Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a P... by cucumber3732842 on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @01:23PM (#49185979)
>Because said person is sitting here saying "HN is stupid", it has nothing to do with the police, but the audience he's going after.

I said that if you go into policy discussions where HN is pro regulation you can see all sorts of commenters cheering for the pro-jackboot takes and peddlers thereof.

It's a subtle distinction between that and "the whole place is stupid" but it's there.

> I'm griping about his attempts to smear random people on this forum.

Want me to name names? I can go right down the leader board saying who wants jackboot applied and on what policy axis. I don't think that's productive.

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