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Feinstein is just the worst. She is the equivalent of Mitch McConnell for the Democrats. She fully understands exactly what she's proposing and she's the bigg
by coroutines 11y ago
Feinstein is just the worst.
She is the equivalent of Mitch McConnell for the Democrats.
She fully understands exactly what she's proposing and she's the biggest hypocrite for it.
- MagicWishMonkey 11y agoIt's pretty remarkable that Texas and California seem to elect the scummiest people possible to the Senate. I guess that's what happens when you have a massive population of mostly apathetic voters? I really think this country would be better off if CA and TX were not allowed representation in the Senate (and I say this as a Texan).
- pigpaws 11y agoyou forget KY (McConnell) and NY (everyone).
- justinlardinois 11y agoThere's nothing really wrong with Barbara Boxer, and she's retiring this year anyways. Sure California has one bad senator, but when you can only have two at a time, it's hard to even out one mistake.
- fluxquanta 11y ago>I really think this country would be better off if CA and TX were not allowed representation in the Senate (and I say this as a Texan). Removing national government representation would be more antithetical to democracy than anything that's going on now. A better solution, in my opinion, would probably be new state redistricting. Voters are apathetic because they feel their votes don't count due to overwhelming concentrations of opposing viewpoints, which probably should be split off into their own states (Bay Area, New York City, so on).
- studentrob 11y agoAgreed. Does anyone know which representatives support this bill? If it's just Feinstein and Burr, they can keep dreaming, but I imagine there are a few more.
- coldpie 11y agoIt's really disheartening to read or hear almost any discussion about this issue. They're chock-full of broken analogies to meatspace that sound perfectly reasonable if you don't understand the nuances. The instant access, wide platform, and cheap copying that the Internet provides is unlike anything our species has dealt with before, and if you're not really informed on these issues, it's easy to lead yourself into what sounds like a reasonable position, but would actually destroy much of the modern economy. My point being, the anti-encryption side has the support of nearly everyone who isn't informed about encryption and computing, which is a whole lot of people.
- studentrob 11y ago> My point being, the anti-encryption side has the support of nearly everyone who isn't informed about encryption and computing, which is a whole lot of people. That just means there is more of a chance for technologists to take a leading role in this discussion through activism. It's an easy win if you can keep a cool head while explaining the issues.
- coroutines 11y agoI hate that because we understand we have a responsibility. I just wanted to share cat pictures discretely with my friends. </lazy>
- studentrob 11y agoHaha. It's an opportunity, not a responsibility. At some point in your life you may feel more inclined to contribute in that way. Or you may not. Both are fine =). Ultimately you shouldn't feel pressured by what other people ask of you. The choice of what to do and how to feel about it is always yours. When other people say it's your responsibility, like even if I had said that, that would just be me trying to convince you. That means nothing when you choose how to feel about it.
- numbsafari 11y agoI don't know enough about California politics, how is it that Feinstein is able to be a proponent of these crazy ideas and somehow get elected in the home state of Silicon Valley and many of the companies who will be ruined by these proposals?
- mtgx 11y agoElectronic voting machines, which somehow end up re-electing the chief of the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as chief NSA cheerleader? But I'm sure that's just a coincidence, and Feinstein is just that loved in California. After all, US is a democracy, not some banana republic! http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2012/1026/Could-e-voting-machines-in-Election-2012-be-hacked-Yes http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2012/1026/Could-e-vot... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/21/the-u-s-has-worst-elections-of-any-long-established-democracy-report-finds/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/21... http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
- scrollaway 11y agoBlaming reelection of corrupt officials on conspiracies and voting fraud before doing any introspection on why they actually won is the best way to perpetrate those reelections.
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoShe has a D after her name.
- _asummers 11y agoSo do many people in California. And that's only relevant in a general election. Why hasn't she gotten a reasonable challenger in the primaries?
- scurvy 11y agoTenure and pork. Same reason Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond kept getting reelected when most of the population didn't like them. To paraphrase: she's a jerk, but she's our jerk.
- BASHtianist 11y agoI wonder if Feinstein's relationship with the CFR has anything to do with her strangely strong stances on technology. It's weird that an 82 year old senator is so focused on technology issues.
- nullnullnullnil 11y agoNot going to lie, now that I know she's done this, I'll be sure to vote against next time.