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by shawn-furyan 3180 days ago
Downvoted, not because your general sentiment is wrong, but rather that this comment what-about's a specific threat identification. It is useful to raise awareness of general threats or wide-spread operational malpractice, but doing so in direct response to the identification of a specific threat is a distraction that primarily serves to engender a sense of nihilism about defense in general. That is counter-productive, and a specific strategy in propoganda.

Defense is not hopeless. Some threats are more immediate than others.

note: this is not an endorsement of the gp comment. I merely think that discussion of the gp comment should be focused on its own merits rather than nihilistic dismissals of it.