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In reply to the discussion: Making You "Comfortable" with Spying Is Obama's Big NSA Fix [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)It will chill our speech. If the government knows what we say on DU and we get a government that we on DU really don't like, the government can make our lives miserable just because it does not like what we say -- which reflects what we think -- so not like what we say or think.
We already seem to have government-bots who defend everything our leadership does as it is. In fact, these types are becoming something of a joke as people ask them point blank or through human humor whether they are working for the President or the government, and they respond like machines, like computers would.
We can expect more and more of that sort of "person" on the internet. And the government (who cares what party at this point?) will get better and better at manipulating information and us in that way.
Let's face it. A human being applying a lot of time (a real pro) can prepare several well organized posts full of citations in one day. But when you see what presents itself as one human being presenting these perfectly composed posts with lists of citations day after day always defending the President, then you begin to think you are not dealing with a person but with a paid propaganda tool.
And it will get much worse. That promotion you wanted at work. Your politics are wrong no matter how hard you work for it.
It's hard enough for a person without personal connections to get good opportunities.