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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1576183)12/10/2025 12:38:24 PM
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Dear Tenchusatsu,

You keep accusing me of “defending” or “endorsing” policies that I explicitly said were historically common and often excessive.

Acknowledging that governments of all stripes have reacted to security fears with broad travel restrictions is not the same as supporting any particular one.

That’s not a “retreat tactic”, that’s distinguishing a pattern from a position.

You’re also insisting that if someone criticizes theocratic authoritarianism (like the political implementation of Sharia by regimes such as the Islamic Republic), they must therefore support blanket religious sorting at the border.

That’s a false equivalence.

One can:

Oppose the ideology and actions of a government or regime,
without demanding religious litmus tests for individuals, and
without rejecting immigrants from that country entirely.

You’ve repeatedly claimed that my argument runs through Trump or current U.S. policy, even though I have not endorsed either.

You are arguing against a caricature of me because it’s easier than addressing what I’ve actually said.

My point remains straightforward:

Criticism of an authoritarian regime does not equal condemnation of its people.
Concern about imported authoritarianism does not equal religious discrimination.

If you want to debate the real-world balance between security and liberty, that’s a worthwhile discussion.

But claiming that any concern about theocratic extremism is itself extremist is not a serious argument, it’s just name-calling dressed up as moral outrage.

- Joachim
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