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The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. I don't think you co

The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. I don't think you could say the same about BLM. I would expect the Democrats to launch an equally robust defense of BLM in that case. Also, you could easily make a statement about why no Democrats have, to my knowledge, pressed Zoom on this? So far, three Republicans have: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/u-s-lawmakers-ask-zoom-to-clarify-china-ties-after-it-suspends-accounts-idUSKBN23I3GP?utm_source=reddit.com https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/...

cycomanic 6y ago
> The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. This is what I would call hypocrisy. The US has a long history of bullying companies from other countries (see the Iran situation for example), but now that they are not the biggest kid on the playground, there is suddenly outrage that other countries do it as well. And regarding values of freedom, if that is really what you care about maybe it would be a good start to stop supporting despots worldwide and overthrowing democratic governments because they don't favour American businesses.