• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Usually it’s about economics. But in this case, it may actually be true.

    Generally, I consider real natsec issues to be things they can’t tell the public. So when I see privacy minded reps joining in with reps from both side of the aisle, I’m willing to lend a bit of credence to a security angle.

    Assuming it’s not just the US being upset that some other autocratic government is controlling the medium du jour.

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        8 months ago

        No, I ignore the whining and consider it may be an issue based on actual behavior, as I originally stated.

        Hence the “in this case, they might be actually telling the truth” from the original statement.

        Just because they over-use an excuse doesn’t mean that it isn’t true on the odd occasion.

        The problem is that so much crying wolf makes it more difficult to tell when it’s real.