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There has not been a liberal push away from encryption. In fact, it is the fascist right that want to remove privacy, has passed laws (like PATRIOT) to do so,
by wredue 3y ago
There has not been a liberal push away from encryption.
In fact, it is the fascist right that want to remove privacy, has passed laws (like PATRIOT) to do so, and the supporters simply say “if you don’t want to be spied on, then what are you hiding”
The right wing are the ones actively pushing this along with “if you think privacy is a right, then you are a predator. Won’t someone think of the children?!”
- kelnos 3y agoPretty sure Democratic Congresspeople have co-sponsored the EARN IT Act. Both sides are complicit in this garbage.
- mcpackieh 3y agowredue said > "There has not been a liberal push away from encryption." Pointing out Democratic congresspeople who push away from encryption does not contradict wredue's claim. Liberal is not a party affiliation, when Democratic congresspeople push away from liberal principles they are being illiberal. Liberal doesn't mean "whatever it is that Democratic politicians support". And yes, I know this is confusing to Americans who received their political education from AM talk radio or cable television, who's understanding of the term amounts to "whatever it is that Democratic politicians say." When a Democratic politician calls for violent lyrics in rap music to be banned (as some did in the 90s), that is illiberal. When a Republican says that abortion should be legal, that is liberal. Even though liberal values are generally associated more with one party than the other, that doesn't mean liberalism is nothing more than party affiliation.