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stevesinpa

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10. it's kind of funny...

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 10:14 PM

Dec 2020

all these people talking about if the government spies on us or not.
hey, people, after the 9/11 attacks, bush jr administration used the attacks to push through the so called patriot act. it flew through congress and most Americans were too angry and upset by the attacks to bat an eye. the patriot act basically mooted the right to privacy. look it up. and most Americans agreed with the new law because they just thought it would be used against Muslims.
proving once again that the cost of freedom is not constant war but informed vigilance.

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Was the Nashville bomber a Q Conspiracy nut worried 5G was spying on him? [View all] magicguido Dec 2020 OP

I guess he'll get his pardon posthumously. marble falls Dec 2020 #1

My cousin believes that 5G does spy on people . . . Iliyah Dec 2020 #2

So, to paraphrase, "I'd rather kill myself than not use a cellphone" ret5hd Dec 2020 #3

Yup. In a Right Wing Nut Shell. WheelWalker Dec 2020 #4

Depends on the sources of his information. I knew about the spying conspiracy, but it seems ancianita Dec 2020 #5

IMO, the government has known what everyone is doing for a long time. blueinredohio Dec 2020 #6

Yep. Snowden proved that. AND corporations have known what everyone's doing, too. ancianita Dec 2020 #7

Corporations really don't care what you're doing. They don't care what I'm doing. paleotn Dec 2020 #8

Can't agree. Corporations invent, sell and maintain our politics, as your last sentence admits. ancianita Dec 2020 #9

it's kind of funny... stevesinpa Dec 2020 #10