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>I think American authorities can tell the difference between what they do and the Stasi. Of course they can, they're protecting their nations chosen way of li
by Sir_Substance 10y ago
>I think American authorities can tell the difference between what they do and the Stasi.
Of course they can, they're protecting their nations chosen way of life, while the Stasi were oppressing citizens who dared resist the status quo. The difference is clear.
- ghurtado 10y ago> The difference is clear. That's either some fine quality sarcasm, or I'm going to need some help understanding the difference between the two. Didn't you just describe the same job from two different points of view (opressor vs opressed)?
- knowaveragejoe 10y agoYes, it's called participating in a cirlejerk.
- Sir_Substance 10y agoI can't tell which side you think I'm on :D
- knowaveragejoe 10y agoI'll give you points for the well concealed snark.
- Sir_Substance 10y agoExcept you downvoted it ;)
- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12038870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12038870 and marked it off-topic.