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And Hitler wore khakis. What's your point?

• aaron695 5y ago
• ARandomerDude 5y ago
  Sure I'll spell It out for you. I think the GP's point is there is a (1) legitimate, (2) historical reason to be skeptical of a government's motives when it wants to maintain lists of citizens who complain about it's polices. In the case cited, there was a casual connection between the list and tyrannical behavior. Not so with the khaki pants. The relevant question here isn't "what do I think of vaccines?". It's "what do I think of government lists of dissenters?".
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  • drekk 5y ago
    Anti-vaxxing isn't dissent, so weird to see Americans still politicize it. If you want to be a public health hazard I'm all for putting you on a list. It's incredibly gross and tone deaf to compare that to the beginnings of the holocaust, especially coming from Americans who live in a country that still commits genocide whenever it wants. Whether that's forcibly sterilizing native americans or selling arms to Saudi Arabia so they can massacre Yemeni people. What do I think of government lists of dissenters? They already exist and it's cute to act otherwise. We're talking about the country that assassinated Fred Hampton, of course the three letter agencies keep lists. That hasn't changed since the 70s besides getting worse.
    • unmole 5y ago
      > Anti-vaxxing isn't dissent Being Jewish wasn't dissent either. The fact there already are lists is of little comfort for people who don't want to get on a new list.