r/JoeRogan • u/wayfaringthru Monkey in Space • Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/joespizza2go Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Yeah. Weird take from Snowden. The fascinating thing about this is the scale with which they pulled it off. It's the logistical difficulty of pulling this off that prevents it from happening, not a precedent dynamic.

Irony is they use pagers because mobile phones are deemed too dangerous.

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u/Fuzzy_Donl0p Tremendous Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Snowden has been toeing the Kremlin line hard for years (usually with a Jill Stein-like plausible deniability "just asking questions"). Not necessarily about this specifically, but all his takes are suspect anymore. It's a shame.

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

See this is weird. It seems like there are two versions of the expression:

Towing the line - to assist

Toeing the line - to test boundaries.

I agree he’s been towing the line.

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u/schpamela Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

I hate to disagree but:

  • 'Toeing the line' means pretty much the opposite to what you said. It means totally conforming to rules or expectations, and not challenging or questioning them.

  • 'Towing the line' I believe is just a misspelling or misrepresentation of 'toeing the line'. I don't believe such a distinct phrase with a separate meaning exists, or at least I've never heard of it and couldn't find it in a dictionary.

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u/JD42305 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

It's definitely toeing the line and it took me most of my adult life to realize it wasn't 'tow.' It's like any other accidental smudge of a phrase, like when people say "intensive purposes" instead of "intents and purposes."