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<div dir="ltr">That said, a lot of the arguments feel like
dot-connecting exercises where not all the dots are actually
dots. We should watch out for our own blind spots — it’s easy to
scream “Big Brother!” when sometimes it’s just a confused uncle
with a clipboard.<br>
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<p>"Big Stupid is Watching" - Taylor Meade</p>
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<p>And our current crue of "confused Uncles" (and Aunts) are too
often "Funny Uncles" and "Aunt Lydias" (Handmaid's Tale). Their
intentions need not be *bad* for their actions to yield damaging
results on their vulnerable nieces and nephews. See RFKjr taking
his grandchildren swimming in "clear running" yet
human-waste-disease-laden water?<br>
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<p>glen's caution to "not mistake incompetence for evil" (bad
paraphrase?) is relevant... but our current (US and elsewhere?)
administration uses a gloss of "good ole boy" "plain talk" as
camoflauge for some much less innocent intentions. I'm not sure
if there is a succinct contrapositive, but it does seem to be a
strategy in some playbooks.<br>
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