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by netdevphoenix 496 days ago
> JFK stuff was also declassified under Biden. No one cares because there's nothing in it.

A post about it is trending on HN so saying "no one cares" is a dismissal about the interest on this topic. Your very contribution to the post ironically contradicts the content of your message
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JumpCrisscross 495 days ago
> saying "no one cares" is a dismissal about the interest on this topic

The point is if you're in a position to declassify banal documents, you probably don't care to do it. You look at them. You see they're banal. You move on.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by boringness.

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AbstractH24 495 days ago
> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by boringness.

I’ve never heard that variation on the saying. I like it

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XorNot 496 days ago
A post is trending about the declassification which hasn't actually happened yet. It's not trending about the content of the documents, or even discussing previous documents, in fact no one is even discussing what was in the previous thousands of pages of declassified material.

People care about the idea of the story, not the reality.

JFK investigation documents have been declassified repeatedly, and no one even has any common reference points they bring up about them because ultimately there's nothing there. So this is just the new fantasy: "now, NOW! They'll totally declassify the memo ordering the CIA hit on JFK using mob money and then framing Oswald for it! They've had it the whole time!"

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20after4 496 days ago
There are lots of interesting / incriminating details in the already released documents. There are also some redacted names which surely would add more context and answer a few questions. I'm sure we won't get many shocking revelations but if they really do release the same documents unredacted that's a step in the right direction.

I remain unconvinced that is going to actually happen, unfortunately. They will present a plan that simply excludes any really revealing documents and what they do release will be a nothing burger. That doesn't mean that there is nothing there, just that they don't genuinely intend to release the goods.

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