Idiots on the march in Virginia

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Originally Posted by whell

BS its different. Two different actions initiated in a response to a national security / terrorist threat. Both actions target the persona security / confidentiality protections of the respective technology companies. Both requests were initiated by the DoJ and its surrogate agency. Both requests have the potential to violate the confidentiality / privacy of millions or iPhone owners on one hand or internet users on the other.

You're dancing on the head of a pin.

BS. There are hundreds of actions taken by law enforcement on a daily basis in the interest of homeland security/terrorism. Some are good, some bad, some indifferent, just like the humans who undertook them. That does not make them all the same.

Again, I was against both DOJ requests, but for different reasons. They are not analogous, despite your desperate attempts at "whataboutism." It's gotten to the point that every action of Trump's that you have difficulty defending (and it seems you feel an obligation to defend everything Trump does), results in some lame "whataboutism." Whether you know it or not, it's a clear sign that you lost the argument before it even started.