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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas (www.thejournal.ie)

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[+] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world -11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

Obviously the direction of travel is wrong, but let's keep some perspective.

PS: disappointing to see such a display of irrational groupthink in this community, I had hoped for better. Perhaps the instance was a clue.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

My goodness, you really drank the koolaid. You sound like a car salesperson. Or is this some form of satire?

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disappointing to see such a display of irrational groupthink in this community, I had hoped for better.

Oh yes, taking refuge in the narrative of "morally superior underdog". FWIW, everything you said could also be defined as "irrational groupthink". Honestly, even more so.

Perhaps the instance was a clue.

And no idea how federation works.