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In case you wonder why you are being downvoted, it’s because you are, yourself, denying recent (and less recent) news regarding federal monitoring; engaging in
by alanh 13y ago
In case you wonder why you are being downvoted, it’s because you are, yourself, denying recent (and less recent) news regarding federal monitoring; engaging in HIV/AIDS denialism; reversing HIV and AIDS; conflating weather prediction with scientific understanding; and ending with a non-sequitur.
- mikeash 13y agoThus providing a wonderful illustration of my point.
- DominikR 13y agoI think his point is that people who believed that government was constantly monitoring everyone a few weeks ago were also seen as paranoid crazy persons who believed in conspiracy theories, and he is sarcastic about that.
- parasubvert 13y agoI don't think people using SSL before a few weeks ago due to spying and/or hacking would be considered paranoid or crazy. We've known about domestic spying since 2006, some people just were not paying attention. Now people on HN can't seem to get enough paranoia for breakfast.