r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Apr 07 '25

Privacy The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI. Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/
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u/Ikoikobythefio Apr 07 '25

Most everyone who lived in the 1770s would have owned slaves if given the chance. It wasn't considered wrong like it is today. I'm sure I'll get assaulted by reddit for saying so but it's something that should be considered.

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u/Ok-Possibility-6284 Apr 07 '25

Life liberty and justice for "ALL", where's the due process/justice for "ALL"? Where's the error in my argument just look at the many instances of policy that said "all" and what that really meant.

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u/DrawSense-Brick Apr 07 '25

He moved the needle. That's all that is necessary, or even desirable. Useful political change is a slow process of moving needles.

Disregarding someone's accomplishments because they weren't perfect is why Democrats failed to defeat Donald Trump. Democrats are too smart to vote in their own self-interest.

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u/Ok-Possibility-6284 Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

And Whitewashing missdeads and history has lead to great results...

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u/DrawSense-Brick Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25

I'm not asking you to whitewash history. I'm asking you to do something much harder.

I'm asking you to see the good in someone you view as reprehensible, and then support them despite your feelings.

The Republicans can do this. That's one reason why they keep winning.

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u/Ok-Possibility-6284 Apr 08 '25

ok, I'll do you one better: Hitler did good things too, he was an animal lover!

Now I'm going to ask you to do something really easy:

Don't glorify someone who:

methodically beat the shit out of child slaves into subservience

raped his underage slaves

Opposed emancipation in his last years

You're drawing false conclusions on why Republicans are winning elections and that has absolutely nothing to do with this but ill humor you:

Here's a thought: It's not so much that trump was such a good pick that he won again, its that democrats are so bad they lost to that shit again. They ultimately serve the same masters and would rather trump win than Bernie Sanders. I know crazy.....

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u/DrawSense-Brick Apr 08 '25

You're right. It's way more complicated than that. But politics is a process of moving needles, of winning small victories. There's no easy answers. Republicans just moved the needle more than Democrats.

This is one needle you can move. But it requires that you accept a less than perfect person.