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In reply to the discussion: Dear mother of Gawd, I am tired of arguing with rocks [View all]ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)If "Anyone who complains is labeled a terrorist", half of the D.U. would be labeled a terrorist.
Sorry guy. That's just not true.
As for Acorn, only a small handful of lunatics tried to slap that label on them, but even the increasingly unhinged GOP "mainstream" won't touch the complete nut-case Infowars set.
Finally, your complaints, for the small element of truth they have, simply has nothing to do with the NSA.
The NSA does not grandstand about American political groups being terrorist. In fact, the NSA would prefer not to say anything at all. The NSA tracks real groups with real extremist ideologies and real violent tendencies, almost entirely overseas (since they are prohibited by law from spying on U.S. citizens who are not speaking to foreigners). However when those extremists call in to the U.S. to conspirators, those are the most important calls to track. Same thing for foreigners calling each other entirely within the U.S.
So if you want to go screaming "Wake up sheeple!" at people? Go right ahead. No one will accuse you of terrorism. But that isn't exactly a convincing argument against our having intelligence agencies.
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