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You are absolutely correct. However, as a US citizen, I am much more concerned with harm caused by domestic intelligence services than by foreign actors. Unscru
by jkhdigital 6y ago
You are absolutely correct. However, as a US citizen, I am much more concerned with harm caused by domestic intelligence services than by foreign actors. Unscrupulous people are everywhere, not just in the “axis of evil” Russia/Iran/NK etc.
Furthermore, I am ashamed of some of the things my government has done with my tax dollars and in my name around the world, and I won’t be duped into defending my abuser in some state-level blackmail game.
- naikrovek 6y agoI see your point. I'm not afraid of the CIA or NSA or any other three letter agency in the US. They are doing what Congress has allowed them to do (mostly.) What scares me is people like Mitch Mcconnell who somehow continue to get elected when polls show nearly the entire state of Kentucky wants him out. That is keep-me-awake-at-night level of scary.
- lolinder 6y agoSource? I could only find one 2020 poll on FiveThirtyEight that didn't have McConnell in the lead. In that one, his opponent only had a 1% lead, and in most of the other ones McConnell led by 5+ points. That's a far cry from "nearly the entire state of Kentucky" wanting him out. EDIT: Source: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/kentucky/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/kentucky/