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I think my response was speaking more broadly about censorship, not just specifically about torrenting.

• mindslight 5y ago
  Is that anything besides whataboutism? While I'd love it if our society could straightforwardly rely on uncensorable systems, if two centralized systems censor disjoint sets of material that's a workable state of affairs. Your nit feels analogous to people criticizing Snowden for needing to flee to Russia. Despite Russia engaging in totalitarianism (like every other country), pragmatically they can help us mitigate our own country's totalitarianism. Thus even as a foreigner looking in, it's directly disappointing to see the content cartels firm up their grasp in another sovereign state.
  • jjulius 5y ago
    >Is that anything besides whataboutism? Sure! The way you worded your initial response was so broad that it implied that non-Western search engines aren't censored, and all I did was seek to clarify whether or not that was what you were saying. There's no "whataboutism" to simply seeking to understand a statement someone is making, nor do I disagree with the broader sentiment that you make at the end of the post I'm replying to now.