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oh I see, you just suck at reading comprehension

Please go reread the post you replied to. Nobody, myself included, “decided it had to be about the US”. They asked a question. They wanted to know if it could be malicious, and the thing that made them think about it was the fact it’s Super Tuesday.

The only thing I’ve ever been arguing is that it is reasonable to think about whether BGP could be abused for malicious intent when you realize it’s Super Tuesday. That’s it. It’s a reasonable connection to make that would precipitate the question. They didn’t even ask “is this because it’s Super Tuesday?”

But go off, chief. Can’t pass up a perfectly good opportunity to let your angst out

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merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

So could this be done maliciously? I’m just wondering about the Super Tuesday timing.

Hmm, something happened globally – must be about the US!

There are 8 billion people in the world and only 300m people in the US but…

So? What does that matter, as long as it impacts the ability of poll watchers and legal support to communicate about illegal manipulation?

Yep, it’s definitely about the US.

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- AtmaJnana@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You dont think who becomes POTUS will effect your country? You’ve blasted right past being a curmudgeon who doesn’t like the US and moved into the territory of troll.
  
  IMO, it is a stretch to claim elections as the motive for this outage, but pretending you are entirely aloof and unaffected by US presidential elections is absurd. We get it, you hate the US.
  
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  - merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Nobody said anything about US politics not affecting other countries. Of course the dysfunction in the US affects everybody. But, it goes both ways. You don’t think events in Europe, India or China affect the US? You’re ignoring South America and Africa entirely?
    
    Look at how a small group of rebels in Yemen is having a massive impact on shipping worldwide.
    
    This US-centric view that this worldwide outage is automatically due to US politics is just ridiculous, and you should be embarrassed.
    
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    AtmaJnana@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    This US-centric view that this worldwide outage is automatically due to US politics is just ridiculous, and you should be embarrassed.
    
    I should be embarrassed that another commenter thinks its related to the elections? Why? It wasn’t my idea and my only mention of it was to say I think it unlikely. Go be churlish somewhere else. I’ll longer see your replies.
    
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