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I am also curious about how one can vocally defend freedom to carry guns but not care too much about having surveillance and censorship free communication. Fro
by cantagi 10y ago
I am also curious about how one can vocally defend freedom to carry guns but not care too much about having surveillance and censorship free communication.
From what I can tell, they believe that the FCC regulating the ISPs is an overreach of government, which should be as small as possible.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoI'm thinking, its all about the money that can be made from rent-seeking? Is that the right term?
- battlebot 10y agoWell, for one thing, the "right to privacy" came from a Supreme Court opinion handed down over the scope of the 4th Amendment. I think it was Renquist, but the court basically created a right out of whole cloth. Privacy has always been a kind of non-starter in the US and there is only a hodge-podge of laws that support it. If you value your privacy you will stay the hell off the Internet and never carry a cell phone.
- mod 10y agoI think they are either ignorant on the topic of surveillance and its breadth and implications, or they have some kind of belief that the intelligence community is fighting for our country. I'm conservative on a lot of issues, including 2nd amendment rights, and my family is full of "right-wingers." None of them would support spying on our own citizens or the violation of the privacy of American citizens. The Republican party at large does not reflect the values of most modern conservatives that try even a little bit to not have hypocritical views. However, while conservatives tend to believe in small government, they have never believed in small military/intelligence/etc.