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> Only in the United States do we have such protections in place to prevent the government from retaliating against the individual for voicing a critical opinio
by tomcam 4y ago
> Only in the United States do we have such protections in place to prevent the government from retaliating against the individual for voicing a critical opinion.
Uh no. Here’s a list of people incarcerated by President Obama for criticism of the USA: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/employee-speech-and-whistleblowers/leak-prosecutions-obama-takes-it-11-or-should-we https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/employee-speech-and-wh...
- datalopers 4y agoLeaking classified information entrusted to you is a fair bit different than voicing a critical opinion.
- tomcam 4y agoConstitution doesn’t distinguish between them. Did you approve of Daniel Ellsberg being jailed.