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>No country is free anymore. I was just thinking about this, imagining being indefinitely detained for terrorism because 4chan is in my browser history[0]. I'd

by boppo1 3y ago

>No country is free anymore. I was just thinking about this, imagining being indefinitely detained for terrorism because 4chan is in my browser history[0]. I'd take the fifth, and they would charge me with a crime, and so, the US Constitution is basically void. But then I wondered: was it ever really not? Was there ever a time I could have relied on legal justice if I happen to be in an unsympathetic jurisdiction? Before there was an unconstitutional terrorism act, there would still probably have been DAs willing to look the other way on a police beating and willing to add bogus criminal charges because I'm uncooperative. Has justice ever been reliable? Right now it seems like maybe it has always been a psychological blanket. [0]hyperbolic obviously. Hopefully. Just a thought experiment, as that's the only/closest activity of mine that could be construed as terrorism.

coolThingsFirst 3y ago
Why is 4chan so dangerous? Isnt it just an image board?
- boppo1 3y ago
  It's kinda like reddit in that there's multiple boards with a broad array of topics. A few of the boards regularly have threads with pretty extreme racism/hate. Recently the president of a Detroit synagogue was stabbed to death outside her home and there were multiple threads openly celebrating the murder. But elsewhere on the site people are sharing clips of cute cows doing cute cow things. As a more specific example of why it's 'dangerous', a recent meme I've seen a bunch tells the reader that if they are drafted (in a theoretical future US draft), the moral thing to do is to shoot officers as soon as you get a rifle.
  - coolThingsFirst 3y ago
    Why would that implicate you on terrorism charges? You aren't responsible for what people post online. Anyone can post anything on a forum and you may be looking at it because of other interesting stuff doesn't mean you have bad intentions. I think it's mainly paranoia, I still think the odds of falsely being charged with terrorism are incredibly low.
    - boppo1 3y ago
      >odds of falsely being charged with terrorism are incredibly low. Right now, sure. I'm merely speculating about the future.
    - ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
      > Why would that implicate you on terrorism charges? They might be referring to a couple decades ago when 4chan users were referred to as "domestic terrorists" in a hyperbolic fox news report

by boppo1 3y ago

coolThingsFirst 3y ago

Why is 4chan so dangerous? Isnt it just an image board?

boppo1 3y ago
It's kinda like reddit in that there's multiple boards with a broad array of topics. A few of the boards regularly have threads with pretty extreme racism/hate. Recently the president of a Detroit synagogue was stabbed to death outside her home and there were multiple threads openly celebrating the murder. But elsewhere on the site people are sharing clips of cute cows doing cute cow things. As a more specific example of why it's 'dangerous', a recent meme I've seen a bunch tells the reader that if they are drafted (in a theoretical future US draft), the moral thing to do is to shoot officers as soon as you get a rifle.
- coolThingsFirst 3y ago
  Why would that implicate you on terrorism charges? You aren't responsible for what people post online. Anyone can post anything on a forum and you may be looking at it because of other interesting stuff doesn't mean you have bad intentions. I think it's mainly paranoia, I still think the odds of falsely being charged with terrorism are incredibly low.
  - boppo1 3y ago
    >odds of falsely being charged with terrorism are incredibly low. Right now, sure. I'm merely speculating about the future.
  - ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
    > Why would that implicate you on terrorism charges? They might be referring to a couple decades ago when 4chan users were referred to as "domestic terrorists" in a hyperbolic fox news report