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You're essentially peddling the poisoned M&M fallacy. Do we need capable, rational border security? Yes. Do we need unaccountable masked men armed in our city s
by amazingman 1y ago
You're essentially peddling the poisoned M&M fallacy. Do we need capable, rational border security? Yes. Do we need unaccountable masked men armed in our city streets, forcefully detaining anyone who looks like they might be [insert bogeyman caricature]? Absolutely fucking not.
- aerostable_slug 1y agoWhen did I defend authoritarian masked men? Perimeter defense is an expensive endeavor, and if you read the words I wrote that's clearly what I was talking about. At first glance, the new budget includes over 50 billion (!) dollars for increasing our perimeter defense. That sounds like capable, rational border security to me. Please stop accusing people of peddling the straw man you want to tear down. It's Reddit-tier, not worthy of HN.
- amazingman 1y agoA single dollar figure (with no additional context) suggests capable, rational border security to you?