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Repeat after me: "I have nothing to hide. I know for a fact that I am not now, nor will I ever be in the future, in a position that a political domestic, forei
by SenAnder 3y ago
Repeat after me:
"I have nothing to hide. I know for a fact that I am not now, nor will I ever be in the future, in a position that a political domestic, foreign, or corporate competitor adversary would wish to influence, or any opinions a present or future government or employer would wish to suppress, because I am an Ordinary Person.
I do not have, nor will I ever have, influence or access to union negotiations or elections, a vote on the local council to authorize development or zoning, a role in any political party, valuable technological know-how, an open-source project useful for supply-chain attacks, a role in legal proceedings someone may wish to influence or sabotage, access to critical infrastructure like railways, hydroelectric plants, electric supply, water supply, or telecom equipment, or any important military or strategic knowledge, nor do I develop any software that those in power dislike, such as encrypted messaging, file-sharing, ad-blocking, or surveillance-evading like TOR.
Nor do I know any such people, so I cannot be compelled to influence them.
I do not do, say, or watch anything my spouse, parents, children, friends, teachers, employer, police, or government would object to. I am an Ordinary Person, and have nothing to hide. I do not worry how my society will change when those who are not ordinary are attacked."
- kazinator 3y ago[flagged]
- wkat4242 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoIt looks like you've been using HN primarily for ideological battle. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of which ideology they're battling for or against. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for—no matter what you're battling for or against. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- SenAnder 3y agoI understand your objection to my other recent posts, but what is the issue with this one? It has a few rhetorical flourishes, but it doesn't seem like ideological battle to me. But maybe I'm missing something - while it didn't start any arguments, some did object to it enough to get it flagged.
- dang 3y agoIt was high-octane rhetoric on an ideologically charged topic. That's all I meant in that case.