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I'm confused as to why only one of these can be criticized.

Apocryphon 4y ago
It's about priorities. This is distraction while FBI makes all sorts of boneheaded mistakes, like getting all of their secure contacts hacked. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982223 Wouldn't be surprising if these files are an op to get the public riled up about something other than what they are up to now.
- colordrops 4y ago
  Distraction for whom? Is HN ground zero for prosecuting the FBI? The audience here is capable of holding many things in their heads at once.
  - Apocryphon 4y ago
    The FBI is putting pressure on Apple to drop Enhanced Encryption, and still refusing to declassify their JFK files. Those are far more urgent issues than getting mad at mods. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33906649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33906649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33883834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33883834
    - colordrops 4y ago
      We are just trying to achieve concensus on facts here, not strategize on our plan to prosecute the FBI. This is a pseudo anonymous forum, not a law firm or activist group. We can talk about all of these things at once, despite your protestations.
      - Apocryphon 4y ago
        Yes, and my free speech as protected by the First Amendment gives me the right to call this as plainly falling into the FBI's distraction trap, not to mention the whole giving cover to the sell-off of TSLA stock thing.
        colordrops 4y ago
        So how about describing the FBI's dasterdly distraction plan rather than dropping random sketchy details every couple comments as an argumentation tool?
        Apocryphon 4y ago
        You're posting in it. We're all here while those other threads remain low in replies. I'd say their plan has succeeded, wouldn't you? The proof is, as they say, in the pudding.
        colordrops 4y ago
        This is absurd, sorry. I don't think there is any value in continuing this thread.
        Apocryphon 4y ago
        Agreed. This entire thread was flagged for a reason.

It's about priorities. This is distraction while FBI makes all sorts of boneheaded mistakes, like getting all of their secure contacts hacked. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982223 Wouldn't be surprising if these files are an op to get the public riled up about something other than what they are up to now.

colordrops 4y ago
Distraction for whom? Is HN ground zero for prosecuting the FBI? The audience here is capable of holding many things in their heads at once.
- Apocryphon 4y ago
  The FBI is putting pressure on Apple to drop Enhanced Encryption, and still refusing to declassify their JFK files. Those are far more urgent issues than getting mad at mods. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33906649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33906649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33883834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33883834
  - colordrops 4y ago
    We are just trying to achieve concensus on facts here, not strategize on our plan to prosecute the FBI. This is a pseudo anonymous forum, not a law firm or activist group. We can talk about all of these things at once, despite your protestations.
    - Apocryphon 4y ago
      Yes, and my free speech as protected by the First Amendment gives me the right to call this as plainly falling into the FBI's distraction trap, not to mention the whole giving cover to the sell-off of TSLA stock thing.
      - colordrops 4y ago
        So how about describing the FBI's dasterdly distraction plan rather than dropping random sketchy details every couple comments as an argumentation tool?
        Apocryphon 4y ago
        You're posting in it. We're all here while those other threads remain low in replies. I'd say their plan has succeeded, wouldn't you? The proof is, as they say, in the pudding.
        colordrops 4y ago
        This is absurd, sorry. I don't think there is any value in continuing this thread.
        Apocryphon 4y ago
        Agreed. This entire thread was flagged for a reason.