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> I deleted my Twitter account after the UK government floated the idea [...] > when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality Were you "plo
by zimpenfish 4y ago
> I deleted my Twitter account after the UK government floated the idea [...]
> when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality
Were you "plotting violence, disorder and criminality"?
- pfoof 4y agoDefine "violence, disorder and criminality"
- vorpalhex 4y agoMost people have something they would protest.
- shmageggy 4y agoThis argument fails in the same way that “I’ve got nothing to hide” arguments against privacy fail. Even if someone is not currently running afoul of the current government’s current definition of a particular illegal act, we still might not want to grant them absolute power to enforce. These definitons of illegality tend to change (read: expand) over time, and when governments change they tend not to give back powers they’ve been granted.