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Weird is not the term for it. I'd say suspension of due process is terrifying.
by andrewl 1y ago
Weird is not the term for it. I'd say suspension of due process is terrifying.
- voakbasda 1y agoI have been saying for decades that the most active terrorist organization in the United States is… the US government.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoGreat, you're part of the problem.
- jeffbee 1y ago10000000% The people who are out here saying "totalitarianism was the inevitable consequence of federal standards for feces in bologna" are exactly the problem in America today.
- jimbokun 1y agoThat's just dumb. Authoritarian governments and terrorist organizations are not the same thing.
- int_19h 1y agoSometimes they are. E.g. Hamas is both the authoritarian government of Gaza and the terrorist organization.
- pjc50 1y agoOne of those cases where it's very, very important the "the government" isn't a unified block, but a collection of a very large number of staff spread across a very large number of organizations. Only some of which have gone rogue.
- ta1243 1y agoIt's happened before, both recently (since 2001), but Executive Order 9066 happened over 80 years ago, in the 19th century the US literally passed a Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. America puts too much faith in its courts and constitution.