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I dont think you really need further specifics - years later without bombs going off I expect, with no further explanation to those polled needed, that the 70/3
by dfxm12 3y ago
I dont think you really need further specifics - years later without bombs going off I expect, with no further explanation to those polled needed, that the 70/30 split would probably be the opposite direction.
This sounds more like manufactured consent than the will of the people. Plus, I don't know if this happened with Blair's measures, but across the pond, the Patriot was initially written to be sunset after 4 years (from 2001), but wasn't fully sunset until 2020! This was long after the majority of Americans in polls said they didn't want to trade civil liberties to fight terror.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/183548/americans-say-liberties-trump-anti-terrorism.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/183548/americans-say-liberties-...