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minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoWe tried that once. It didn’t go so well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 years agoThat’s a disingenuous comparison. But fair enough, guardrails need to be in place.
minus-squaretheluckyone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoInvestigating is one thing; persecuting with nothing more than suspicion is quite another.
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoAgreed. See also: Benghazi, Hunter Biden, etc. We have a bad habit of gliding down the slippery slope.
We tried that once. It didn’t go so well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
That’s a disingenuous comparison.
But fair enough, guardrails need to be in place.
Investigating is one thing; persecuting with nothing more than suspicion is quite another.
Agreed. See also: Benghazi, Hunter Biden, etc.
We have a bad habit of gliding down the slippery slope.