The shifting sands of freedom »
Posted by: berkeley 2 months agoA supervisory state claims it must, for our security, monitor who we talk to, regulate what we read or say, wherever it has the power to record. It "must" because it can. Civil and political liberties aren't tradeable for physical security. They are the sole reason we have it.
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memestryker2 months ago
Too bad Kucinich's a strong supporter of gun bans. I consider my right to keep and bear arms for self-defense to be a civil liberty, too.
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