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"In the wrong hands, this list could be used to oppress, harass, or persecute people on the list and their families." Teetering on the brink of an epiphany.
by _moof 5y ago
"In the wrong hands, this list could be used to oppress, harass, or persecute people on the list and their families."
Teetering on the brink of an epiphany.
- dane-pgp 5y agoThe person who you're quoting is likely a "SelfAwarewolf": "A person who, when trying to criticize those who match a certain description, fails to realize that they have (in the process of criticizing others) revealed themselves to match the exact same description" https://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=24708 https://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=24708
- jessaustin 5y agoThere is no reason to think that Bob Diachenko is such a person. He didn't take part in the authoritarian project that generated these lists.
- kamray23 5y agoIndeed, he simply prevented the list's proliferation
- _moof 5y agoI probably should've added that as a parenthetical - those words weren't spoken by the people who made the list. And it's hard to tell how much of an implied wink is behind that quote. I know if I'd said it, I'd have done so with subtext.
- jessaustin 5y agoYou clearly communicated that meaning, but the reply to yours seems to overstate things in an unfair way.