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		refurb on Dec 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google has handed information related to my accoun... I don't think people understand how much hyperbole like this undermines their arguments. "I think this is horrible" [maybe I don't agree but it's a valid opinion] "The US is as totalitarian as China" [ok, this person doesn't know what they are talking about]

slashdev on Dec 4, 2019 [–]

Exactly, and it really diminishes the plight of the billion plus people in China, the citizens of Hong Kong who were sold out by the UK, and the horrific situation forced upon the Uighurs.

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