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minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·edit-29 months agoWhen will we start to investigate politicians and media figures for ties to our adversaries? It’s a fundamental national security concern and needs to be part of the security clearance program.
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWe tried that once. It didn’t go so well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 months agoThat’s a disingenuous comparison. But fair enough, guardrails need to be in place.
minus-squaretheluckyone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoInvestigating is one thing; persecuting with nothing more than suspicion is quite another.
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoAgreed. See also: Benghazi, Hunter Biden, etc. We have a bad habit of gliding down the slippery slope.
When will we start to investigate politicians and media figures for ties to our adversaries?
It’s a fundamental national security concern and needs to be part of the security clearance program.
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.