The words after this point make you less convincing, not more, as they only serve to confirm the egregious slippery slope of your reasoning.
My point was to make a joke about state-issued phones but also make sure it doesn't read as an absurd, easily dismissible claim, because it's a real possibility.
The words after this point make you less convincing, not more, as they only serve to confirm the egregious slippery slope of your reasoning.